Why do you find water rapids and other unique hydrological and geological features at Raven Rock State Park?
Phenomenon Description: The fall line is a geologic boundary between the Piedmont and the Coastal Plain.
Location: Cumberland, Harnett and surrounding Counties, Raven Rock State Park
Grade Level or Course: Earth and Environmental Science
Question: Why do you find water rapids and other unique hydrological and geological features at Raven Rock State Park?
Other Related Question: If we visit a river above and below the Fall Line, how will the rocks and sediment in the riverbed be different?
Crosscutting Concept: Stability & Change
Science Domain: Earth and Space Science
NC Standard: ESS.EES.2 Analyze how the geosphere is shaped by plate tectonics and the rock cycle.
NC Objective: ESS.EES.2.4 Carry out investigations to explain how the rock cycle and rates of weathering, erosion, and soil formation influence Earth’s systems.
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Raven Rock State Park
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