Blue ridge region georgia map. From the sea islands to the blue ridge mountains georgia features some of the most varied and interesting terrain in eastern north america. Georgias geology can be thought of as a patchwork of different geological regions each with its own distinctive look rock types and geological history. At over 1 billion years of age the blue ridge mountains are among the oldest mountains in the united states and.
These different regions are called geological. This video is a part of gpb educations regions of georgia virtual field trip. The georgia mountains region or north georgia mountains or northeast georgia is an area that starts in the northeast corner of georgia united states and spreads in a westerly directionthe mountains in this region are in the blue ridge mountain chain that ends in georgia.
The ridge and valley features long parallel ridges overlooking wide rolling valleys. Blue ridge is the physiographic region in the north east corner of georgia. Nationally it stretches 1200 miles from northern new york to central alabama crossing a significant portion of northwest georgia.
Blue ridge is located in the north georgia mountains where more than 40 percent of the countys land is in the chattahoochee national forest. According to the united states census bureau the city has a total area of 22 square miles 56 km2 all of it land.