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Central North Carolina, also known as the Piedmont, is a region of North Carolina. It is located between the Mountains to the west and the Coastal Plain to the east. It is the most populous region of the state, containing Charlotte , the state capital of Raleigh , and Greensboro .
The rivers of central North Carolina rise on the eastern slopes of the Blue Ridge. The two largest of these are the Catawba River and the Yadkin River, and they drain much of the Piedmont region of the state. The major rivers of Eastern North Carolina, from north to south, are: the Chowan, the Roanoke, the Tar, the Neuse and the Cape Fear.
The Piedmont region of central North Carolina is the state's most populous region, containing the six largest cities in the state by population. [95] It consists of gently rolling countryside frequently broken by hills or low mountain ridges.
Map showing the population density of North Carolina. The U.S. state of North Carolina is divided into 100 counties.North Carolina ranks 28th in size by area, but has the seventh-highest number of counties in the country.
The Piedmont Triad (or simply the Triad) is a metropolitan region in the north-central part of the U.S. state of North Carolina anchored by three cities: Greensboro, Winston-Salem, and High Point. This close group of cities lies in the Piedmont geographical region of the United States and forms the basis of the Greensboro–Winston-Salem–High ...
Asheville. The mountainous western North Carolina city of Asheville is mentioned several times throughout the book. Kya’s dad, Pa, is from Asheville. His family owned a plantation there, but ...
Raleigh is located in the northeast central region of North Carolina, where the Piedmont and Atlantic coastal plain regions meet. This area is known as the "fall line" because it marks the elevation inland at which waterfalls begin to appear in creeks and rivers. As a result, most of Raleigh features gently rolling hills that slope eastward ...
Region 2: Midwest (designated as the North Central Region before June 1984) [8] Division 3: East North Central (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin) Division 4: West North Central (Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota) Region 3: South