Description: A map showing the Fall Line. There are rapids and falls along this line, because the streams have been able to dig more rapidly into the soft laters of the Coastal Plains than into the harder rocks of the Piedmon Plateau.
Place Names: Atlanta, Raleigh, Trenton, Philadelphia, Washington D.C.
ISO Topic Categories: geoscientificInformation, inlandWaters, location, oceans
Keywords: The Fall Line, physical, political, physical features, major political subdivisions, geoscientificInformation, inlandWaters, location, oceans, Unknown,
Source: Ralph S. Tarr, B.S., F.G.S.A. and Frank M. McMurry, Ph.D., New Geographies 2nd ed (New York, NY: The Macmillan Company, 1910) 49
Map Credit: Courtesy The Private Collection of Roy Winkelman |
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