Geographical Features : Georgia

Georgia has a variety of topographies ranging from the mountains in northern Georgia to he rolling hills of the Piedmont Plateau and the flat coastal plain of southern Georgia.

Brasstown Bald, at 4,784 ft (1,459 m), is the highest point in the state while the Stone Mountain at 1,686 ft (514 m) is the most famous landmark. The piedmont slopes slowly to the fall line, descending from about 2,000 ft (610 m) to 300 ft (90 m) above sea level and ends in a ridge of sand hills running across the state from Augusta to Columbus. Lying offshore are the Sea Islands, called the Golden Isles of Georgia, the most important of which are, from north to south, Tybee, Ossabaw, St. Catherines, Sapelo, St. Simons, Sea Island, Jekyll, and Cumberland.

Two main rivers of Gergia , the Savannah and the Chattahoochee rise in the northeast. The Flint joins the Chattahoochee at the southwestern corner of Georgia to form the Apalachicola, which flows through Florida into the Gulf of Mexico. The two largest rivers of central Georgia, the Ocmulgee and Oconee, flow together to form the Altamaha, which then flows eastward to the Atlantic. Suwannee is Georgia’s most famous river which has been used by Stephen Foster in the song "Old Folks at Home." Huge lakes created by dams on the Savannah River are Clark Hill Reservoir and Hartwell Lake. Lake Seminole, Walter F. George Reservoir, Lake Harding, West Point Reservoir, and Lake Sidney Lanier are artificial lakes on the Chattahoochee River.