Atlantic coastal plain

The Atlantic coastal plain has both low elevation and low relief, but it is also a relatively flat landform extending 2,200 miles (3,500 km) from the New York Bight^[1]^[2] southward to a Georgia/Florida section of the Eastern Continental Divide, which demarcates the plain from the ACF River Basin in the Gulf Coastal Plain to the west. The coastal plain is bordered on the west by the Piedmont plateau, to the east by the Western Atlantic coastline, and to the south by the Floridian province.

The area has an average elevation in less than 900 meters above sea level and extends some 50 to 100 kilometers inland from the ocean. The coastal plain is generally wet, including many rivers, marsh, and swampland. It is composed primarily of sedimentary rock and is primarily used for agriculture.^[3] The area is subdivided into the Embayed and Sea Island physiographic provinces, as well as the Mid-Atlantic and South Atlantic coastal plains.^[4]

References

^ Stoffer, Phil; Messina, Paula. "The Atlantic Coastal Plain". Geology and Geography of New York Bight Beaches. http://www.geo.hunter.cuny.edu/bight/coastal.html.
^ "South Atlantic Coastal Plain". http://www.blm.gov/wildlife/pl_03sum.htm.
^ Water table management in the eastern coastal plain
^ "Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain". http://www.blm.gov/wildlife/pl_44sum.htm. Retrieved 2010-08-11. "The Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain extends from the Atlantic Ocean, south of Long Island, to the Fall Line, where the hilly Piedmont begins. It is arbitrarily [sic] separated from the South Atlantic Coastal Plain at the Virginia-North Carolina border (with the exception of the Great Dismal Swamp in the southeast corner of Virginia, which is grouped in the southern area)."

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