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Term Paper Title	Georgia
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Georgia

The state of Georgia has a total area of 152,750 sq km
(58,977 sq mi), including 2618 sq km (1011 sq mi) of
inland water and 122 sq km (47 sq mi) of coastal waters
over which the state has jurisdiction. The state is the 24th
largest in the country and has the largest land area of any
state east of the Mississippi River. Georgia has a top range
north to south of 515 km (320 mi) and east to west of 441
km (274 mi). The mean elevation is about 180 m (about
600 ft). Georgia occupies parts of six natural regions, or
physiographic provinces. They are the Atlantic Coastal
Plain, the Gulf Coastal Plain, the Piedmont, the Blue Ridge
province, the Ridge and Valley province, and the
Appalachian Plateaus. Almost the whole area of Georgia
was forested in early colonial times, and about three-fifths
of the land is still covered by forests and woodlands.
Mixed forests of deciduous and coniferous trees cover
most of the Blue Ridge and Appalachian mountain areas.
Normal trees in these areas include species of ash, beech,
birch, hemlock, hickory, poplar, sweetgum, sycamore, red
oak, white oak, and Virginia, shortleaf, and loblolly pines.
Pines which dominate on the Piedmont are loblolly and
shortleaf pine trees. On the coastal plains, slash, loblolly,
and longleaf pines are found. The live oak, the state tree,
thrives in the southern part of the coastal plains. Palmettos
are found in areas of sandy soil, and bald cypresses and
tupelo gums are commonly found in swampy and badly
drained areas. Spanish moss festoons many of the
cypresses in Okefenokee Swamp. Other trees that are
found in the state include the red maple, sweet bay, black
cherry, butternut, sassafras, southern magnolia,
cottonwood, locust, and elm. Flowering plants grow in
great abundance in Georgia. Those natural to the state
include the trillium, galax, bellwort, hepatica, mayapple,
bloodroot, violet, columbine, lady slipper, and Cherokee
rose, which is the stte of Georgia’s state flower. Among the
many shrubs and tiny flowering trees common in Georgia
are species of laurel, mimosa, redbud, flowering dogwood,
rhododendron, and flame azalea. White-tailed deer are the
most common of the larger mammals found in the state.
There are black bears in the northern mountains and in
Okefenokee Swamp, and bobcats roam many of the rural
areas. Red foxes, gray foxes, muskrats, raccoons,
opossums, flying squirrels, foxes and gray squirrels are
abundant in the forested areas, and otter and beaver are
met in many swa...

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