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Stone Mtn.
Temperatures were so high that the rocks began to melt and granitic magma formed deep within the cone of the mountain range. Which formed the mountain range so the mountain is a metamorphic rock due to the melting and cooling of the granitic magma.Georgia during the Pennsylvanian Period -
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Appalachian Mountains
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The Appalachian Mountains were formed 480 M.Y.A.. THe elevations were all the same until erosion took place and started eroding the land masses. -
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Sand Hills
Global climate warmed and cooled which caused melting and freezing of polar ice caps which is why the sea level kept rising and falling covering and uncovering coastal plain. it formed sandhillsand other Outer Banks. 1,700 Million years ago in North Carolina -
Largest earthquake in SC
This earthquake damaged many buildings and things and also killed 60 people.It was a huge intraplate earthquake that scared many because they didn't understand it with the right tevhnology.In terms of the plate tectonics. -
Valleys
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A valley is the area between many hills. Most of the time their are rivers that run through them. It happens through erosion when the land is eroded away so there becomes an area between the two hills over time. -
NC River Basins
source It is land that goes over or below on it's path to a river.It sends water to the ocean or an estuary It forms when water moves downstream and sand and silt are carried along down with it. -
Sugarloaf Mountain
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It is the 5th highest point in Florida but it's stillthe most prominent in the state.Citrus plantations thrived on the mountain from the scrub and fungal disease it had. And also the grapes which people thrived on also. -
Black Mountain
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It is the highest peak in Kentucky.The summit is 1,145 feet.It's history is tied to the coal mining days.Coal companies said that mined coal veins would convege the summit and that it could collapse. -
Barrier Islands
source Barrier Islands serve as a barrier or buffer to the land and ocean which means that it gets a lot of weather like hurricanes and storms which causes erosion.The environment changes frequently because of this. With the different plants and aniamls that are adapted. -
Shore Lines
source When the ocean meets the land. It occurs naturally when the sea level and ocean reached land masses it creates a shore line. This usually happens ubruptyl
