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Atlantic Seaboard fall line

Index Atlantic Seaboard fall line

The Atlantic Seaboard Fall Line, or Fall Zone, is a escarpment where the Piedmont and Atlantic coastal plain meet in the eastern United States. [1]

89 relations: Albert Gallatin, Appomattox River, Atlantic coastal plain, Augusta, Georgia, Baltimore, Black Warrior River, Brandywine Creek (Christina River tributary), Camden, South Carolina, Cape Fear River, Cenozoic, Chattahoochee River, Cheraw, South Carolina, Chesapeake Bay, Columbia, South Carolina, Columbus, Georgia, Congaree River, Conowingo Dam, Coosa River, Cretaceous, Delaware, Delaware River, Eastern United States, Elkridge, Maryland, Ellicott City, Maryland, Emporia, Virginia, Escarpment, Fall line, Fault (geology), Fayetteville, North Carolina, Fredericksburg, Virginia, Georgia (U.S. state), Greenville, North Carolina, Gwynns Falls, Havre de Grace, Maryland, Herring Run, Interstate 76 (Ohio–New Jersey), Interstate 95, James River, Jones Falls, Laurel, Maryland, Little Falls (Potomac River), Lumber River, Lumberton, North Carolina, Macon, Georgia, Maryland, Meherrin River, Milledgeville, Georgia, Neuse River, New Brunswick, New Jersey, New Jersey, ..., Occoquan River, Occoquan, Virginia, Ocmulgee River, Oconee River, Patapsco River, Patuxent River, Pee Dee River, Pennsylvania, Perryville, Maryland, Petersburg, Virginia, Philadelphia, Piedmont (United States), Portage, Potomac River, Raleigh, North Carolina, Rappahannock River, Raritan River, Richmond, Virginia, Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, Roanoke River, Savannah River, Schuylkill River, Sediment, Susquehanna River, Taconic orogeny, Tallapoosa River, Tallassee, Alabama, Tar River, The Carolinas, Trenton, New Jersey, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, U.S. Route 1, United States Secretary of the Treasury, Virginia, Washington, D.C., Wateree River, Weldon, North Carolina, Wetumpka, Alabama, Wilmington, Delaware. Expand index (39 more) »

Albert Gallatin

Abraham Alfonse Albert Gallatin (January 29, 1761 – August 12, 1849) was a Swiss-American politician, diplomat, ethnologist and linguist.

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Appomattox River

The Appomattox River is a tributary of the James River, approximately long,U.S. Geological Survey.

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Atlantic coastal plain

The Atlantic coastal plain is a physiographic region of low relief along the East Coast of the United States.

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Augusta, Georgia

Augusta, officially Augusta–Richmond County, is a consolidated city-county on the central eastern border of the U.S. state of Georgia.

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Baltimore

Baltimore is the largest city in the U.S. state of Maryland, and the 30th-most populous city in the United States.

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Black Warrior River

The Black Warrior River is a waterway in west-central Alabama in the southeastern United States.

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Brandywine Creek (Christina River tributary)

Brandywine Creek (also called the Brandywine River) is a tributary of the Christina River in southeastern Pennsylvania and northern Delaware in the United States.

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Camden, South Carolina

Camden is a city in Kershaw County, South Carolina, United States.

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Cape Fear River

The Cape Fear River is a long blackwater river in east central North Carolina in the United States.

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Cenozoic

The Cenozoic Era meaning "new life", is the current and most recent of the three Phanerozoic geological eras, following the Mesozoic Era and, extending from 66 million years ago to the present day.

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Chattahoochee River

The Chattahoochee River forms the southern half of the Alabama and Georgia border, as well as a portion of the Florida border.

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Cheraw, South Carolina

Cheraw is a town on the Pee Dee River in Chesterfield County South Carolina, United States.

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Chesapeake Bay

The Chesapeake Bay is an estuary in the U.S. states of Maryland and Virginia.

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Columbia, South Carolina

Columbia is the capital and second largest city of the U.S. state of South Carolina, with a population estimate of 134,309 as of 2016.

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Columbus, Georgia

Columbus is a consolidated city-county in the west central U.S. state of Georgia.

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Congaree River

The Congaree River is a short but wide river in South Carolina in the United States; It flows for only 47 miles (78 km).

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Conowingo Dam

The Conowingo Dam (also Conowingo Hydroelectric Plant, Conowingo Hydroelectric Station) is a large hydroelectric dam in the lower Susquehanna River near the town of Conowingo, Maryland.

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Coosa River

The Coosa River is a tributary of the Alabama River in the U.S. states of Alabama and Georgia.

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Cretaceous

The Cretaceous is a geologic period and system that spans 79 million years from the end of the Jurassic Period million years ago (mya) to the beginning of the Paleogene Period mya.

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Delaware

Delaware is one of the 50 states of the United States, in the Mid-Atlantic or Northeastern region.

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Delaware River

The Delaware River is a major river on the Atlantic coast of the United States.

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Eastern United States

The Eastern United States, commonly referred to as the American East or simply the East, is a region roughly coinciding with the boundaries of the United States established in the 1783 Treaty of Paris, which bounded the new country to the west along the Mississippi River.

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Elkridge, Maryland

Elkridge is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Howard County, Maryland, United States.

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Ellicott City, Maryland

Founded in 1772, Ellicott City is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in, and the county seat of, Howard County, Maryland, United States.

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Emporia, Virginia

Emporia is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia, surrounded by Greensville County, in the United States.

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Escarpment

An escarpment is a steep slope or long cliff that forms as an effect of faulting or erosion and separates two relatively leveled areas having differing elevations.

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Fall line

A fall line (or fall zone) is the geomorphologic break that demarcates the border between an upland region of relatively hard crystalline basement rock and a coastal plain of softer sedimentary rock.

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Fault (geology)

In geology, a fault is a planar fracture or discontinuity in a volume of rock, across which there has been significant displacement as a result of rock-mass movement.

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Fayetteville, North Carolina

Fayetteville is a city in Cumberland County, North Carolina, United States.

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Fredericksburg, Virginia

Fredericksburg is an independent city located in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States.

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Georgia (U.S. state)

Georgia is a state in the Southeastern United States.

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Greenville, North Carolina

Greenville is the county seat and the most populous city in Pitt County, North Carolina, United States.

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Gwynns Falls

Gwynns Falls is a U.S. Geological Survey.

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Havre de Grace, Maryland

Havre de Grace, abbreviated HdG, is a city in Harford County, Maryland, situated at the mouth of the Susquehanna River and the head of Chesapeake Bay.

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Herring Run

The Herring Run is an U.S. Geological Survey.

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Interstate 76 (Ohio–New Jersey)

Interstate 76 (I-76) is an Interstate Highway in the United States, running about 434 miles (700 km) from an interchange with I-71 west of Akron, Ohio, east to I-295 in Bellmawr, New Jersey.

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Interstate 95

Interstate 95 (I-95) is the main Interstate Highway on the East Coast of the United States, running largely parallel to the Atlantic Ocean coast and U.S. Highway 1, serving areas from Florida to Maine.

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James River

The James River is a river in the U.S. state of Virginia.

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Jones Falls

The Jones Falls is a U.S. Geological Survey.

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Laurel, Maryland

Laurel is a city in northern Prince George's County, Maryland, in the United States, located almost midway between Washington, D.C., and Baltimore on the banks of the Patuxent River.

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Little Falls (Potomac River)

Little Falls is an area of rapids located where the Potomac River crosses the Atlantic Seaboard fall line, descending from the harder and older rocks of the Piedmont Plateau to the softer sediments of the Atlantic coastal plain.

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Lumber River

The Lumber River is a river in south-central North Carolina in the flat Coastal Plain.

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Lumberton, North Carolina

Lumberton is a city in Robeson County, North Carolina, United States.

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Macon, Georgia

Macon, officially Macon–Bibb County, is a consolidated city-county located in the state of Georgia, United States.

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Maryland

Maryland is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and Washington, D.C. to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east.

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Meherrin River

The Meherrin River is a long river in the U.S. states of Virginia and North Carolina.

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Milledgeville, Georgia

Milledgeville is a city in and the county seat of Baldwin County in the U.S. state of Georgia.

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Neuse River

The Neuse River is a river rising in the Piedmont of North Carolina and emptying into Pamlico Sound below New Bern.

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New Brunswick, New Jersey

New Brunswick is a city in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States, in the New York City metropolitan area.

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New Jersey

New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the Northeastern United States.

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Occoquan River

The Occoquan River is a tributary of the Potomac River in Northern Virginia, where it serves as part of the boundary between Fairfax and Prince William counties.

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Occoquan, Virginia

Occoquan is a town in Prince William County, Virginia.

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Ocmulgee River

; The Ocmulgee River (ok-MUHL-gee) is a western tributary of the Altamaha River, approximately 255 mi (410 km) long, in the U.S. state of Georgia.

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Oconee River

The Oconee River is a U.S. Geological Survey.

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Patapsco River

The Patapsco River is a U.S. Geological Survey.

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Patuxent River

The Patuxent River is a tributary of the Chesapeake Bay in the state of Maryland.

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Pee Dee River

The Pee Dee River, also known as the Great Pee Dee River, is a river in the U.S. states of North Carolina and South Carolina.

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Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania German: Pennsylvaani or Pennsilfaani), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state located in the northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.

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Perryville, Maryland

Perryville is a town in Cecil County, Maryland, United States.

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Petersburg, Virginia

Petersburg is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States.

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Philadelphia

Philadelphia is the largest city in the U.S. state and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the sixth-most populous U.S. city, with a 2017 census-estimated population of 1,580,863.

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Piedmont (United States)

The Piedmont is a plateau region located in the eastern United States.

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Portage

Portage or portaging is the practice of carrying water craft or cargo over land, either around an obstacle in a river, or between two bodies of water.

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Potomac River

The Potomac River is located within the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States and flows from the Potomac Highlands into the Chesapeake Bay.

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Raleigh, North Carolina

Raleigh is the capital of the state of North Carolina and the seat of Wake County in the United States.

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Rappahannock River

The Rappahannock River is a river in eastern Virginia, in the United States, approximately in length.

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Raritan River

The Raritan River is a major river of central New Jersey in the United States.

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Richmond, Virginia

Richmond is the capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States.

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Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina

Roanoke Rapids is a city in Halifax County, North Carolina, United States.

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Roanoke River

The Roanoke River is a river in southern Virginia and northeastern North Carolina in the United States, long.

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Savannah River

The Savannah River is a major river in the southeastern United States, forming most of the border between the states of South Carolina and Georgia.

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Schuylkill River

The Schuylkill River is an important river running northwest to southeast in eastern Pennsylvania, which was improved by navigations into the Schuylkill Canal.

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Sediment

Sediment is a naturally occurring material that is broken down by processes of weathering and erosion, and is subsequently transported by the action of wind, water, or ice, and/or by the force of gravity acting on the particles.

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Susquehanna River

The Susquehanna River (Lenape: Siskëwahane) is a major river located in the northeastern United States.

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Taconic orogeny

The Taconic orogeny was a mountain building period that ended 440 million years ago and affected most of modern-day New England.

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Tallapoosa River

The Tallapoosa River runs U.S. Geological Survey.

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Tallassee, Alabama

Tallassee (pronounced ||) is a city on the Tallapoosa River, located in both Elmore and Tallapoosa counties in the U.S. state of Alabama.

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Tar River

The Tar River is a river that is approximately long, of northeast North Carolina flowing generally southeast to an estuary of Pamlico Sound.

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The Carolinas

The Carolinas are the U.S. states of North Carolina and South Carolina, considered collectively.

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Trenton, New Jersey

Trenton is the capital city of the U.S. state of New Jersey and the county seat of Mercer County.

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Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Tuscaloosa is a city in and the seat of Tuscaloosa County in west central Alabama (in the southeastern United States).

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U.S. Route 1

U.S. Route 1 (US 1) is a major north–south U.S. Highway that serves the East Coast of the United States.

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United States Secretary of the Treasury

The Secretary of the Treasury is the head of the U.S. Department of the Treasury which is concerned with financial and monetary matters, and, until 2003, also included several federal law enforcement agencies.

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Virginia

Virginia (officially the Commonwealth of Virginia) is a state in the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States located between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains.

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Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington or D.C., is the capital of the United States of America.

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Wateree River

The Wateree River, about 75 mi (120 km) long, is a tributary of the Santee River in central South Carolina in the United States, which flows to the Atlantic Ocean.

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Weldon, North Carolina

Weldon is a town in Halifax County, North Carolina, United States.

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Wetumpka, Alabama

Wetumpka is a city in and the county seat of Elmore County, Alabama, United States.

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Wilmington, Delaware

Wilmington (Lenape: Paxahakink, Pakehakink) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Delaware.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_Seaboard_fall_line

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