It's Cool to Learn About the United States: Southeast

It's Cool to Learn About the United States: Southeast — page 5
Farther south low lying coastal plains stretch across eastern North Carolina and South Carolina An area known as the Piedmont makes up the middle sections of these states It is shaped by several plateaus and foothills The Appalachian Mountains spread across the western portion of the Carolinas They rise over much of eastern Tennessee too Forests cover many of that state's mountain ridges and sloping hillsides The Mississippi River forms Tennessee's western bor der helping to create fertile soil that is good for farming This river flows across other parts of the Southeast as 9 The Appalachians form one of the longest mountain ranges in the country O