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|[[File:Virginia geographic map-en.svg|thumb|Virginia is shaped by the Blue Ridge Mountains, the Chesapeake Bay and its watershed, and the parallel 36°30′ north.|alt=A topographic map of Virginia, with text identifying cities and natural features.]]
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|[[File:A_map_of_Virginia_and_Maryland_LOC_2013587749.tif|none|thumb|An original map of colonial Virginia and Maryland LOC 2013587749]]
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|[[File:Virginia-Rivers-map imagery USGS.png|none|thumb|Map of rivers of Virgina (USGS)]]
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|[[File:River_basin_studies_status_map,_Virginia_-_October_1,_1981_LOC_82690885.tif|none|thumb|River basin studies status map, Virginia - October 1, 1981 LOC 82690885]]
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[[Category:US History]]
[[Category:US History]]
[[Category:Virginia SOL: Virginia & US History test]]
[[Category:Virginia SOL: Virginia & US History test]]
Latest revision as of 14:16, 16 May 2024
Preparation for the state of Virginian SOL ("Standards of Learning") History test: Geography and Geographic Regions
AppalachianLocatorMap2Appalachian region of United States
Appalachian Mountains =
mountain range that extends along the western border of the Coastal Plain from Georgia to New England
includes sub-regions
the Piedmont, Low Plateaus and Mountains
the Appalachian Mountains served as a barrier between
early American colonies (to the east of the Appalachians along the Coastal Plain)
and French and Indian lands (to the west of the Appalachians)
all rivers from the eastern slope flow towards the Atlantic Ocean
all rivers from the western slope flow towards the Mississippi River
after Britain defeated France in the 1854-63 French-Indian War, the entire Appalachian region (and all lands up to the Mississippi River) became British
however, the British King prohibited American colonists from occupying it
Rocky Mountains Range ("range" as is a "mountain range" or series of connected mountains)A map of the principal hydrological divides of North America. The Eastern Continental Divide (orange line) demarcates two watersheds of the Atlantic Ocean: the Gulf of Mexico watershed and the Atlantic Seaboard watershed.
high mountain range above and to the east of the Great Basin
the "GreatContinental Divide" is in the Rocky Mountains, marking the point at which the land descends to the east or the west
see the below map for continental divides in North America
important rivers flow from origins in the Rocky Mountains
One of various geographical definitions of the ProvinceThe hydrographic Great Basin (magenta outline), distinguished from the Great Basin Desert (black), and the Basin and Range Geological Province (teal).[3]Great Basin map
the "Great Basin" = a geographic depression (low area) between the Rocky and the Sierra Nevada mountains
no rivers or water flow out of the Great Basin
the VA & US SOL refers to the "Great Basin" as the "Basin"
the Range includes mountains from which water flows into the Great Basin
the western border of the Range are the Sierra Nevada Mountains