The Blue Ridge is named for the Blue Ridge Mountains that are in it. It is the smallest region covering less than 2 percent of the state. It has many mountains consisting of metamorphic rock over 350 million years old.
The next region is the Piedmont. The region of Piedmont stretches from the Blue Ridge to the fall line. Piedmont means "foot of the mountains." It covers about one-third of the state. It is the second largest region and is about one hundred miles wide. Over a million people l
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