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The Coastal Plain includes the Sandhills or Carolina Sandhills, a 10–35 mi (16–56 km) wide region within the Atlantic Coastal Plain province. [9] Rocks in the exposed Coastal Plain region of Georgia range from the Late Cretaceous Tuscaloosa Formation to modern Holocene sediments actively forming
A cliffed coast, also called an abrasion coast, is a form of coast where the action of marine waves has formed steep cliffs that may or may not be precipitous. It contrasts with a flat or alluvial coast .
Georgia is a state in the Southeastern United States in North America.The Golden Isles of Georgia lie off the coast of the state. The main geographical features include mountains such as the Ridge-and-valley Appalachians in the northwest, the Blue Ridge Mountains in the northeast, the Piedmont plateau in the central portion of the state and Coastal Plain in the south.
Ria – Coastal inlet formed by the partial submergence of an unglaciated river valley; River delta – Silt deposition landform at the mouth of a river; Salt marsh – Coastal ecosystem between land and open saltwater that is regularly flooded; Sea cave – Cave formed by the wave action of the sea and located along present or former coastlines
Providence Canyon State Outdoor Recreation Area is a 1,003-acre (405.90 ha) Georgia state park located in Stewart County in southwest Georgia, United States. [2] The park contains Providence Canyon, which is sometimes called Georgia's "Little Grand Canyon". It is considered one of the Seven Natural Wonders of Georgia.
A natural arch, natural bridge, or (less commonly) rock arch is a natural landform where an arch has formed with an opening underneath. Natural arches commonly form where inland cliffs, coastal cliffs, fins or stacks are subject to erosion from the sea, rivers or weathering (subaerial processes).
On the north coast of the eastern tip of the island, Spilite Arch is a sea-worn arch formed by a pillar of rock 30 m (98 ft) high joined to the coastal cliffs by a spilite sill. [ 12 ] Towards the south end of the island, Pettigrew Scarp is an escarpment nearly 0.5 nmi (0.93 km) long, which terminates to the southwest in a ridge, and in the ...
Escarpment face of a cuesta, broken by a fault, overlooking Trenton, Cloudland Canyon State Park, and Lookout Mountain in the U.S. state of Georgia. An escarpment is a steep slope or long cliff that forms as a result of faulting or erosion and separates two relatively level areas having different elevations.