The Sandhills or Carolina Sandhills is a 10-35 mi wide physiographic region within the U.S. Atlantic Coastal Plain province, along the updip (inland) margin of this province in the states of North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. The extent of the Carolina Sandhills is shown in maps of the ecoregions of North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia.
A hiking trail snakes through Weymouth Woods in the sandhills region of North Carolina.
The Atlantic Plain is one of eight distinct physiographic divisions of the contiguous United States. Using the USGS physiographic classification system, the Atlantic Plain division comprises two provinces and six sections. The Coastal Plain province is differentiated from the Continental Shelf province simply based on the portion of the land mass above and below sea level.
Atlantic Plain Physiographic Division of the United States. Green highlighted area is the Atlantic Plain, and the other seven physiographic divisions of the contiguous United States are shown in the legend.
Extent of the Atlantic Plain Continental Shelf province as indicated by the 1928 work by Fenneman.
Longleaf pine woodland savanna, typical of the region.
Wheat field near Centreville on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, with flat terrain typical of the Atlantic Plain
