SOUTH ATLANTIC AND GULF STATES

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

32. The South Atlantic and Gulf States are in the southern part of the United States. The group consists of Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, and Oklahoma. The Appalachian Mountain system extends through Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, and into Georgia. In the eastern part, consisting of North Carolina, South Carolina, and a part of Georgia and Florida, the surface slopes toward the Atlantic Ocean; all the remaining surface slopes toward the Gulf of Mexico.

TENNESSEE

33. Tennessee has a very varied surface that is well adapted to agriculture and stock-raising; fruit, grain, cotton, and tobacco are the leading products. Lumbering, manufacturing, and the mining of coal and iron are of great impor

tance.

Boundary.-North, Kentucky and Virginia; east, North Carolina; south, Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi; west, Arkansas and Missouri.

Capital. Nashville on the Cumberland River.

NORTH CAROLINA

34. North Carolina produces much rosin, pitch, and turpentine. Agriculture is the leading industry; the principal crops are grain, fruit, vegetables, tobacco, rice, and cotton. Iron and coal are largely mined.

Boundary.-North, Virginia; east, Atlantic Ocean; south, South Carolina and Georgia; west, Tennessee. Capital. Raleigh on the Neuse River.

SOUTH CAROLINA

35. South Carolina produces more rice than any other state in the Union, while a superior grade of cotton is grown on the islands along the coast. The soil is generally fertile, and grain, vegetables, tobacco, and fruit are grown. Manufacturing is an important industry.

Boundary.-North, North Carolina; east, Atlantic Ocean; south, Atlantic Ocean; west, Georgia.

Capital. Columbia on the Congaree River.

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GEORGIA

Georgia leads the Southern states in the manufacture of cotton goods. Agriculture is the leading industry, rice, tobacco, grain, vegetables, and cotton being abundant. Much timber is also produced in this state; coal and iron are found in the mountains.

Boundary.-North, Tennessee and North Carolina; east, South Carolina and Atlantic Ocean; south, Florida; west, Florida and Alabama.

37. Florida has a low, level surface and the soil is generally fertile. Agriculture is the leading industry; the chief products are cotton, tobacco, sugar, rice, and tropical fruits. The sponge fisheries of the state supply large quantities of sponges. Florida has an extensive coast line, but affords few good harbors.

Boundary. North, Alabama and Georgia; east, Atlantic Ocean; south, Gulf of Mexico; west, Gulf of Mexico and Alabama.

ALABAMA

38. Farming is an important occupation in Alabama, the chief products being cotton, corn, sugar cane, rice, fruits, and vegetables. Coal and iron are found in the mountains; cotton and iron products are manufactured.

Boundary. North, Tennessee; east, Georgia; south, Florida and Gulf of Mexico; west, Mississippi.

Capital.-Montgomery on the Alabama River.

39. Agriculture is the leading industry in Mississippi. Cotton is the chief product, but rice, corn, sugar, tobacco, and tropical fruits are grown in abundance. Mississippi also has dense forests of valuable trees.

Boundary.-North, Tennessee; east, Alabama; south, Gulf of Mexico and Louisiana; west, Louisiana and Arkansas. Capital. Jackson on the Pearl River.