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Area Info
The Atlantic Coastal Plain is south of the fall line, a line extending across Georgia from Augusta on the Savannah River, at the South Carolina border, to Milledgeville on the Oconee River, to Macon on the Ocmulgee River, to Columbus on the Chattahoochee River, at the Alabama border. The fall line is so named because it is the geomorphic contact of the Piedmont and Coastal Plain; rivers flowing across this juncture produce waterfalls. Cities were created at these falls on major rivers as points for cargo transfer from riverboats and barges to trains and wagons.
The Coastal Plain has two parts, the Upper Coastal Plain and the Lower Coastal Plain.
Courtesy of Edwin Jackson, Carl Vinson Institute of Government, University of Georgia
Lower Coastal Plain
In the Upper Coastal Plain, which covers the central and southwestern portions of the state, agriculture is the dominant activity. The core of the state's peanut, cotton, and vegetable industry is here. The Lower Coastal Plain includes the actual coastal area of the state and the Sea Islands, as well as the Okefenokee Swamp. Although some agricultural activity occurs, the area is significant because of shipping and recreation associated with the Georgia coast.
Articles
News from South Georgia from WALB
Feb 10, 2012 4:36 am
A group of Illinois nuns are hoping to stop a strip club from opening next to their convent.
Feb 10, 2012 4:04 am
The Food and Drug administration is gathering information after learning that a vending machine at a Pennsylvania college has been dispensing the Plan-B contraceptives, also known as the "morning...
Feb 10, 2012 1:02 am
A group of Albany State University faculty will be headed for the West African nation of Burkina Faso for a conference.
Making children's meals healthier
Feb 10, 2012 12:57 am
Restaurant chains such as Chick Fil-A are offering healthier kids meals.
Wildlife rehabilitators need your help
Feb 10, 2012 12:01 am
The mild winter is a plus for flower enthusiasts, but not for animal lovers. The warm weather is leading to early breeding all over the state.
Worth woman has baby in ambulance...again
Feb 9, 2012 11:48 pm
There's a little boy in Sylvester who will have quite a story to tell when he grows up. He was born inside an ambulance two weeks ago.
Kodak to stop making cameras, digital frames
Feb 9, 2012 11:27 pm
Picture it: Except for a few disposable point-and-shoots, Kodak is exiting the camera business.
City landmark may relocate to MAFB
Feb 9, 2012 11:26 pm
Now the base wants to relocate the memorial to its air park. The memorial was created in honor of Valdosta native Lyn Davis McIntosh.
Layoffs coming to Lake Park company
Feb 9, 2012 11:22 pm
The last day of work for some dock employees, switchers, truck drivers, and mechanics will be April 8.
Leadership Albany heads into the classroom
Feb 9, 2012 11:11 pm
Local leaders went inside classrooms Thursday to get a look at what's happening in Dougherty County Schools.
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