Regions or more correctly Virginias Five Physiographic Provinces amp other maps Coastal Plain Tidewater Piedmont Valley amp Ridge Blue Ridge Appalachian P lateau MIDATLANTIC PHYSIOGRAPHIC SETTING ID: 599782
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Slide1
Virginia’s Five
Regions
or more correctly,
Virginia’s Five Physiographic Provinces
(
&
other
maps)Slide2
Coastal Plain
“Tidewater”
Piedmont
Valley & Ridge
Blue Ridge
Appalachian
P
lateau
MID-ATLANTIC PHYSIOGRAPHIC SETTINGSlide3
Appalachian Plateau
Valley & Ridge
Blue Ridge
Piedmont
Coastal Plain
Outer
Inner
Outer
Inner
Great Valley
Triassic
basin
Province boundary
Province subdivision
Triassic basin
Danville T.B.
Farmville T.B.
Richmond T.B.
Culpeper T.B.
VIRGINIA PHYSIOGRAPHYSlide4
Coastal Plain
“Tidewater
”
Piedmont
Valley & Ridge
Blue Ridge
Appalachian
P
lateau
MID-ATLANTIC GEOLOGIC SETTINGSlide5
Coastal Plain
Outer
Inner
Piedmont
Piedmont
Triassic
Basins
Appalachian
Plateau
Blue Ridge
Valley & Ridge
VIRGINIA GEOLOGYSlide6
PIEDMONT
COASTAL
PLAIN
“Tidewater”
BLUE RIDGE
VALLEY AND RIDGE
APPALACHIAN
PLATEAU
VIRGINIA ELEVATIONSSlide7
PIEDMONT
COASTAL
PLAIN
“Tidewater”
BLUE RIDGE
VALLEY AND RIDGE
APPALACHIAN
PLATEAU
VIRGINIA PHYSIOGRAPHYSlide8
PIEDMONT
COASTAL
PLAIN
“Tidewater”
BLUE RIDGE
VALLEY AND RIDGE
APPALACHIAN
PLATEAU
VIRGINIA’S FIVE REGIONS/PHYSIOGRAPHIC PROVINCESSlide9
PIEDMONT
COASTAL
PLAIN
“Tidewater”
BLUE RIDGE
VALLEY AND RIDGE
APPALACHIAN
PLATEAU
VIRGINIA’S FIVE REGIONS/PHYSIOGRAPHIC PROVINCESSlide10
SOUTHSIDE
RICHMOND
METRO/
TRI-CITIES
HAMPTON
ROADS
NORTHERN NECK
EASTERN
SHORE
MIDDLE PENINSULA
DC METRO/
NORTHERN
VIRGINIA
CENTRALVIRGINIA/CENTRALPIEDMONTSHENANDOAH VALLEY
COALCOUNTRYSOUTHWEST
VIRGINIA
MANUFAC-
TURING
TRIANGLE
MOUNTAIN
WEST
VIRGINIA’S VERNACULAR REGIONSSlide11
VIRGINIA DRAINAGE BASINS
Ohio R.
Ohio R.
Albemarle Sound
Albemarle Sound
Tennessee R.Slide12
Mattaponi R.
Pamunkey
R.
YorkR
.
VIRGINIA WATERWAYSSlide13
VIRGINIA PHYSIOGRAPHYSlide14
VIRGINIA ELEVATIONSSlide15
VIRGINIA PHYSIOGRAPHYSlide16Slide17
VIRGINIA LOCALITIES