Coastal Plain Region The Coastal Plain is any flat, low-lying geographical region that is near the sea. In the United States the coastal areas are the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, another name for them is Atlantic Coastal and Gulf Coastal plains. The coastal plain strecthes from Maine to Florida and on the east the Atlantic Ocean and on the west the Piedmont Plateau. The coastal plain is an extension of the submerged continenental shelf. Coastal …
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…of a series of public squares. These squares were made into small parks. Savannah once served as the capital of Georgia and in 1819 the first steamship to cross the Atlantic sailed from there. Brunswick is a world leader in the freezing and canning of seafood and vegetable and there are two shipyards on the coast. Savannah ranks second after Charleton, S.C. as the largest container port and first in overall tonnage handled. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**