Coastal Plain Carteret Chowan Columbus Craven Cumberland
Currituck Dare Duplin Edgecombe Gates Greene Halifax Harnett
Hertford Hoke Hyde Jones Johnston Lenoir Martin Nash New Hanover
Northampton Onslow Pamlico Pender Pasquotank Perquimans Pitt
Robeson Sampson Scotland Tyrell Washington Wayne Wilson North
Carolinas coastal plain is flat, low land consisting mostly of
sandy soil. Wetlands, swamps, & barrier island make up the
outer region while sandy rolling hills make up the inner area.
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Barrier Islands Wetlands Sand hills
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Piedmont North Carolinas piedmont region is in the middle of
the state. It has rivers, waterfalls & high, flat land.
Piedmont means foot of the mountain. Alamance Alexander Anson
Caswell Catawba Cabarrus Chatham Cleveland Davidson Davie Durham
Forsyth Franklin Gaston Granville Guilford Iredell Lee Lincoln
Mecklenburg Montgomery Moore Orange Person Randolph Richmond
Rockingham Rowan Stanly Stokes Vance Wake Warren Yadkin Union
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Waterfalls Rivers High & flat lands
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Mountain Alleghany Ashe Avery Buncombe Burke Caldwell Cherokee
Clay Graham Haywood Henderson Jackson Macon Madison McDowell
Mitchell Polk Rutherford Swain Surry Transylvania Watauga Wilkes
Yancey North Carolinas mountains & piedmont region are
separated by The Blue Ridge Mountains. There are at least 40
mountains in the western part of the state. The Appalachian
Mountains can be found here.