Chapter 1 The Lay of the Land

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Chapter 1The Lay of the Land

• Section 4 The Mountains

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Terms that you should know

• Elevation
• Bald
• Cove

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What you should look for..

• Features of the mountain region

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Section 4 The Mountains Region
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The Mountains

• Located between the Piedmont and Tennessee.
• Its elevation (height above sea level) ranges
  from about 1,500 to 6,600 feet above sea level.
• Part of the Appalachian chain that runs from
  Georgia to Quebec, Canada and include parts of
  the Blue Ridge Mountains, Black Mountains, and
  the Great Smoky Mountains.

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The Blue Ridge

• Gets is name from the fact that from a distance
  the mist in the air looks to be aqua blue
• Runs from New Jersey to the Deep South
• The Blue Ridge is really just one long landform
  with peaks of various heights

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The Blue Ridge

• Until the construction of railroads in the late
  1800s, travel over the Blue Ridge was laborious
  and expensive

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The Appalachians

• Appalachian range runs from New York to Alabama
  and has its highest peaks in North Carolina
• 43 mountain tops in the state are more than 6,000
  feet above sea level
• Mount Mitchell in Yancey County is the states
  highest peak at 6,684 feet.
• This region was the last in the state to be
  settled.

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The Appalachians
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The Appalachians

• More than a dozen mountain ranges in North
  Carolina
• The Black Mountains and The Great Smokey
  Mountains are notable ranges

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The Black Mountains
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The Great Smokey Mountains
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Great Smokey Mountains

• 2 of the highest mountains in the state are
  located in the Great Smokey Mountains Clingmans
  Dome and Mt. Guyot

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Great Smokey Mountains

• South of the smokies are the balds places above
  6,000 ft. where trees rarely grow
• The ones that do grow do not make it far above
  ground

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Mountain Streams and Rocks

• Mountain rivers run north and west
• More than 100 lakes are found in the mountains
  and are all manmade
• Lake Lure is considered to be one of the most
  beautiful lakes in the world

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Lake Lure
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Mountain Streams and Rocks

• Fontana Lake is the deepest lake in America and
  has the highest dam in the eastern United States
• Blowing Rock and Chimney Rock are great tourist
  attractions in the mountains region
• Grandfather Mountain has the mile high swinging
  bridge

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Mountain Economy

• Never really developed or as populated as the
  other regions of the state
• First settlers lived in coves-valleys where
  streams cut out swathes wide enough for farming
• Most recently the growth of the economy is
  credited to tourism
• The latest development for the economy is the
  Christmas tree business with the leading seller
  being the Frasier firs