It's Cool to Learn About the United States: Southeast
to The Potomac River runs through West Virginia Virginia Maryland and Washington DC THE LAY OF THE LAND The geography of the Southeast is as diverse as the peo ple who live there Kentucky is filled with short steep hills and flat highlands called plateaus The Mississippi River flows along its western border The Appalachian Mountains tower over eastern Kentucky as well as West Virginia and Virginia Thick forests and deep caves fill the landscape in this portion of the Southeast In Virginia the James Potomac Rappahannock and York Rivers flow into Chesapeake Bay which empties into the Atlantic Ocean O
BOUTHEAST ACTIVITY STATE CAPITALS Make a copy of this map of the Daited states The southeastern states are yellow Each star represents the location of a state Capital Look at the list to the right of the map and write the names of the capitals next to the stars in the correct states Wes Virginia Kentucky North Carolina Arkansas Tennessee Montgomery Little Rock Tallahassee Atlanta Frankfort baton Rouge Jackson Raleigh Columbia Nashville Richmond Charleston Carolina Alaba ima Mississippi Georgia Louisiana Florida or a vasa safana embaa Sam promura probAA an assano 1 forgos ooyong rings aborava i loosa non foSpin idedlessism forenoa nafng romagnon ot write in S 40fresh impoa lofty ebony lassogle up A pa IHT sus on howcbfroH owner Samson STOP A Don this
Farther south low lying coastal plains stretch across eastern North Carolina and South Carolina An area known as the Piedmont makes up the middle sections of these states It is shaped by several plateaus and foothills The Appalachian Mountains spread across the western portion of the Carolinas They rise over much of eastern Tennessee too Forests cover many of that state's mountain ridges and sloping hillsides The Mississippi River forms Tennessee's western bor der helping to create fertile soil that is good for farming This river flows across other parts of the Southeast as 9 The Appalachians form one of the longest mountain ranges in the country O
BOUTHEAST ma The Ozarks contain many beautiful waterfalls well including eastern Arkansas The Ozark and Ouachita Mountains cut through the northwestern and west central portions of that state Like Tennessee Arkansas is filled with thick woods and fertile plains and valleys It is also famous for its many caves gorges and springs Louisiana directly south of Arkansas has several well known geographic features One of these is the Mississippi River delta A delta is a low triangular area that is made from soil and rock that builds up when a river divides or empties into a larger body of water The Mississippi River delta sits where the Mississippi River
