On our last visit we are going to the coastal plain. We are going to
Brunswick, Georgia, to see my friend Eli. I met him last summer at camp. This area is known for its beaches, as well as marshes and swamps. The beaches are on the coast and the marshes and swamps are more in the middle of South Georgia. This is the largest region of Georgia. This is the area that is south of the Fall Line. The Fall Line is the area that separates the Piedmont and the Coastal Plains.
http://www.resortgraphicsllc.com/ssi/
There are many rivers in the Coastal Plain area. The main rivers of Georgia meet in this area and make their way to the Atlantic Ocean. Georgia's coast is on the Atlantic Ocean. The Okeefenokee Swamp is also located in this area.
When we got there, we went to the St. Simon's Island beach and saw white quartz sand. White quartz sand is formed when weathering makes limestone
dissolve and turn into white quartz sand.
http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/geography-environment/lower-coastal-plain-and-coastal-islands
Another very cool rock was sandstone.
Sandstone is primarily composed of sand grains that make up sandstone. Sandstone
is sedimentary rock.
http://www.minimegeology.com/blog/2011/10/19/what-would-you-do-with-a-sandstone-rock/
One final rock is georgiaites. It is a metamorphic rock
formed by an ancient comet or metorite impact. They are found in part of the
34-million-year-old North American crater.
http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/science-medicine/georgiaites
Sources:
http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/science-medicine/coastal-plain-geologic-province
