The lithosphere

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    Shorelines

    Shorelines
    The north carloina shorelines were created about 225 million years ago. Shortly After the appalichians were created the shore lines came from erosion from the mountains and other rock formations.
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    The Neuse River

    The Neuse River
    The Neuse river is about 2 million years old, created naturally by erosion, runs from the piedmont region, all the way out to the atlantic ocean
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    Blue Ridge Mountains

    Blue Ridge Mountains
    The Blue Ridge moutians are around 250 million years old.They were created the same way as the Appalchian Moutians, they were formed when the oceanic plates and the continental plates colidided.
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    Mississippi River

    Mississippi River
    The Mississippi river was created about 200 million years ago. It was created by an ice age, and glaciers were sliding and dumping sediment along the river, thus creating the Mississippi river.

  • Fall Zone

    Fall Zone
    No specific date, North Carolina has a "fall zone" in which rivers lose several hundred feet of elevation over a distance of about 100 miles

  • Cape Fear River Basin

    Cape Fear River Basin
    Cape fear is a river basin and is made of sandy mudstone, yellowish gray to bluish gray clay, its main use is to transfer water from one area to the other.

  • Pennington Formation

    Pennington Formation
    This is to date fossils back to ealry as possible. This is important because we can use the fossils to help understand the continental drift theory.

  • Lake Gaston

    Lake Gaston
    Lake Gaston was created for powering purposes, in order for a virginia power company to recieve power.

  • Earthquake in Florida

    Earthquake in Florida
    Things were flying off of shelves at St. Augustine and, to the south, at Daytona Beach. At Tampa, a trembling motion was preceded by a rumbling sound. Felt from a line joining Tallahassee, Florida, to Savannah, Georgia, on the north to a line joining Punta Rassa and Daytona Beach, Florida, on the south. Two shocks occurred, each lasting 30 seconds.

  • The Appalachians

    The Appalachians
    The appalachians were created about 480 million years ago. they are one of the most popular mountian ridges in North Carolina and were created by a covergent boundary. http://theresilientearth.com/?q=content/appalachian-mountains-rock-ice-age

  • The Barrier Islands

    The Barrier Islands
    The barrier islands are islands on the edge of the state, that were formed from erosion of land and piling up of the sediments to form an island.