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Ecosystem of Emory
Emory lies within the Southern Appalachian Piedmont ecosystem of North
Georgia. The Piedmont region of the eastern United States runs some 600
miles between New Jersey (north) and Alabama (south) and lies between
the Appalachian Mountains (west) and the Atlantic Coastal Plain (east).
It comprises a relatively low rolling plateau (from 300 to 1,800 feet)
cut by many rivers and is a fertile agricultural region. A piedmont is
landform created at the foot of a mountain (Italian: ai piede della
montagne) or mountains by debris deposited by shifting streams. "Piedmont"
Encyclopædia
Britannica Online. The life of the ecosystem depends on its forests
and its lifeblood are the streams.
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