Second Grade Vocabulary Study Guide: Georgia
Regions & Resources
Region: An area that has some shared natural or human feature
that sets it apart from other areas; an area that has similar weather
and landforms.
Landform: One of the shapes of land found on the earth; a
mountain is an example of a landform.
Mountains: High land with steep sides; taller than a hill.
Fall line: A place where land drops its level and rivers in the area
form waterfalls as they descend; an area where rivers move from high
land to lower land.
Rapids: Fast-moving, dangerous river sections; an area of a river where the
water flows very quickly.
Georgia’s Regions
Blue Ridge Mountains: The area in the northeastern part of
Georgia; part of the Appalachian Mountains; the highest mountains in
Georgia are here.
Piedmont: A large region of Georgia that has hilly land with many
forests; the region WE LIVE IN; most of Georgia’s people live in this
region in the cities of Atlanta, Augusta, Columbus, Athens, Macon,
Roswell, and Marietta.
Coastal Plain: The largest region in Georgia; it has an upper
region and a lower region; has flat or nearly flat land that goes down
to the coast of the Atlantic Ocean; this region has sandy soil that is
used to grow pecans and peanuts.
Valley and Ridge: The region in the northern part of Georgia;
this region has high ridges that are rocky and covered with forests; it
also has deep valleys between the ridges that are good areas for
farming, hiking, and camping; fruits are grown here.
Appalachian Plateau: This region is in a small corner of
northwestern Georgia; it has fairly high, flat land with some
mountains, such as Lookout Mountain and Sand Mountain; the
temperatures are cooler here, so people like to build vacation homes
or take vacations here to enjoy the cooler weather!
Georgia’s Rivers
River: A large body of moving water that flows into a lake, an
ocean, or another body of water; some of Georgia’s rivers form parts
of our state border.
Ocmulgee River: This river flows through the Piedmont from
north central Georgia to the Lower Coastal Plain in southeast Georgia,
where it joins the Oconee River and the Altamaha River; together
these rivers form what looks like the letter “Y”, and the Ocmulgee is
on the left side of the “Y” .
Oconee River: This river flows from the far north Piedmont
region of Georgia to the Lower Coastal Plain, and forms the right side
of the “Y”. It joins the Ocmulgee River and the Altamaha River on the
in the Lower Coastal Plain region.
Altamaha River: This river flows from the lower coastal plain
into the Atlantic Ocean, and forms the bottom part of the “Y”. It
flows into the Atlantic Ocean.
Savannah River: This river flows from the Piedmont region to
the lower Coastal Plain region, and then into the Atlantic Ocean. It
forms part of the eastern border of Georgia, where Georgia meets
SOUTH CAROLINA.
St. Mary’s River: This river is found in the Lower Coastal Plain
region, and forms part of the southern border of Georgia, where
Georgia meets FLORIDA. On a map, it looks like an upside down “L”
with a section that also looks like a “U”. It flows into the Atlantic
Ocean.
Chattahoochee River: This river begins in the Blue Ridge
Mountains, flows south and west across the Piedmont, and then flows
south to form the western border with ALABAMA.
Flint River: This river starts in the Piedmont and flows south, then
west, and ends in the southwest corner of Georgia.
Georgia: The name of the STATE we all live in! Our state was one
of the original 13 colonies that formed the United States, and was
named after King George of England. We are known as “The Peach
State” or “The Empire State of the South”; our state bird is the Brown
Thrasher; our state flower is the Cherokee Rose and the Azalea; our
state tree is the Live Oak; our state song is “Georgia On My Mind”.
Stone Mountain: A large mountain made of granite, located in
the Piedmont region, which has a carving of 3 heroes of the Civil War:
Robert E. Lee, Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, and Jefferson Davis. It is
now a state park.