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Big Bald Mountain
Big Bald Mountain is the highest peak in Gilmer County, Georgia, U.S. and is in the Rich Mountain Wilderness, which is administered as a component of the Chattahoochee National Forest. Description Many of the mountains in this area are covered in a deep, black porter's loam Loam (in geology and soil science) is soil composed mostly of sand (particle size > ), silt (particle size > ), and a smaller amount of clay (particle size < ). By weight, its mineral composition is about 40–40–20% concentration of sand–sil ...
. The vegetation in the area consists of second-growth hardwood forests. The mountain is about southwest of Cherry Log, northeast of
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Georgia (U
Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States Georgia may also refer to: Places Historical states and entities * Related to the country in the Caucasus ** Kingdom of Georgia, a medieval kingdom ** Georgia within the Russian Empire ** Democratic Republic of Georgia, established following the Russian Revolution ** Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic, a constituent of the Soviet Union * Related to the US state ** Province of Georgia, one of the thirteen American colonies established by Great Britain in what became the United States ** Georgia in the American Civil War, the State of Georgia within the Confederate States of America. Other places * 359 Georgia, an asteroid * New Georgia, Solomon Islands * South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Canada * Georgia Street, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada * Strait of Georgia, British Columbia, Canada United K ...
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Ellijay, Georgia
Ellijay is a city in Gilmer County, Georgia, United States. The population was 1,619 at the 2010 census. The city is the county seat of Gilmer County. Agriculture is important in Gilmer County, known as the "Apple Capital of Georgia." The city holds an annual Georgia Apple Festival in October. Former President Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn own a pine cabin second home in Ellijay. Other tourists are attracted to the mountains and whitewater kayaking. History This area was long settled by cultures of indigenous peoples. It was known as part of the homeland of the historic Cherokee people. They had a village here, at the confluence of the Ellijay and Cartecay rivers, which together form the Coosawattee River. Ellijay (sometimes formerly spelled "Elejoy") is the anglicized form or transliteration of the Cherokee name ''Elatseyi'', meaning "new ground". Other sources say it means "green place". Gilmer County was organized by territory cut from Cherokee County in 1832, and El ...
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Mountains Of Gilmer County, Georgia
A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited summit area, and is usually higher than a hill, typically rising at least 300 metres (1,000 feet) above the surrounding land. A few mountains are isolated summits, but most occur in mountain ranges. Mountains are formed through tectonic forces, erosion, or volcanism, which act on time scales of up to tens of millions of years. Once mountain building ceases, mountains are slowly leveled through the action of weathering, through slumping and other forms of mass wasting, as well as through erosion by rivers and glaciers. High elevations on mountains produce colder climates than at sea level at similar latitude. These colder climates strongly affect the ecosystems of mountains: different elevations have different plants and animals. Because of the less hospitable ...
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List Of Mountains In Georgia (U
Georgia is an ambiguous place name; see: * List of mountains in Georgia (U.S. state) This article lists notable mountains in the U.S. state of Georgia. Highest mountains The following sortable table lists the 11 highest mountain peaks of Georgia with at least of topographic prominence. The eleven highest mountains in Georgia ar ... * List of mountains in Georgia (country) {{dab ...
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Gravel Road
A gravel road is a type of unpaved road surfaced with gravel that has been brought to the site from a quarry or stream bed. They are common in less-developed nations, and also in the rural areas of developed nations such as Canada and the United States. In New Zealand, and other Commonwealth countries, they may be known as metal roads. They may be referred to as "dirt roads" in common speech, but that term is used more for unimproved roads with no surface material added. If well constructed and maintained, a gravel road is an all-weather road. Characteristics Construction Compared to sealed roads, which require large machinery to work and pour concrete or to lay and smooth a bitumen-based surface, gravel roads are easy and cheap to build. However, compared to dirt roads, all-weather gravel highways are quite expensive to build, as they require front loaders, dump trucks, graders, and roadrollers to provide a base course of compacted earth or other material, sometimes maca ...
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Wildlife Management Area
A Wildlife Management Area (WMA) is a protected area set aside for the conservation of wildlife and for recreational activities involving wildlife. New Zealand There are 11 Wildlife Management Areas in New Zealand: * Horsham Downs Wildlife Management Reserves, Waikato * Waihi Estuary Wildlife Management Reserve, Bay of Plenty * Lake Waiau Wildlife Management Reserve, Manawatū-Whanganui * Koitiata Wildlife Management Reserve, Manawatū-Whanganui * Fletcher Creek Wildlife Management Area, West Coast * Te Wharau Wildlife Management Area, West Coast * Granville Wildlife Management Area, West Coast * Hochstetter Wildlife Management Area, West Coast * Wanganui River Flat Wildlife Management Area, West Coast * Oneone Wildlife Management Area, West Coast * Pye Creek Wildlife Management Area, West Coast Papua New Guinea In Papua New Guinea a Wildlife Management Area is the simplest form of protected area. A WMA designation protects an area of land or water while retaining fu ...
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Rich Mountain (Georgia)
Rich Mountain, elevation , is the highest point in the Rich Mountain Wilderness of the Chattahoochee National Forest in Gilmer County, Georgia, Gilmer County, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. It is the second-highest peak in Gilmer County; only Big Bald Mountain is taller, with its summit at . Description Rich Mountain is the namesake peak of the Rich Mountains, a circular-shaped range of mountains located in northeastern Gilmer County, Georgia, Gilmer County. Rich Mountain is located at the center of this range, with ridges and valleys radiating outward from the mountain.Foose, M.P. Geology of the Rich Mountain Roadless Area, Gilmer and Fannin counties, Georgia' (1985). USGS. Many of these mountains are covered in a deep, black porter's loam.The Georgia ConservancyThe Rich Mountains ''Longstreet Highroad Guide to the North Georgia Mountains.'' Retrieved 18 March 2017. The vegetation in the area consists of Secondary forest, second-growth hardwood forests.USDA. ''Chattahoochee-Oc ...
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Blue Ridge, Georgia
Blue Ridge is a city in Fannin County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 1,253. The city is the county seat of Fannin County. History Prior to European colonization, the area that is now Blue Ridge was inhabited by the Cherokee people and other Indigenous peoples for thousands of years. Blue Ridge was laid out in 1886 when the Marietta and North Georgia Railroad was extended to that point. It was incorporated in 1887. In 1895, the seat of Fannin County was transferred to Blue Ridge from Morganton. Geography The city of Blue Ridge is located south of the center of Fannin County at (34.868344, -84.320991). The city sits on the divide between the Tennessee River watershed to the north (via the Toccoa River) and the Alabama River to the south (via Crooked Log Creek, the Ellijay River, and several downstream rivers). U.S. Route 76 and Georgia State Route 515 (Zell Miller Mountain Parkway) pass through the west side of the city, leading east ...
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Cherry Log, Georgia
Cherry Log is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Gilmer County, Georgia, United States. Its population was 99 as of the 2020 census. Cherry Log has a post office with ZIP code 30522. U.S. Route 76 passes through the community. Through the heart of Cherry Log runs Cherry Log Street, on which is found the Post Office, Cornerstone Baptist Church, Cherry Log Christian Church, and the Pink Pig, a restaurant in operation since 1950. "Cherry Log" is the English translation of the former Cherokee The Cherokee (; chr, ᎠᏂᏴᏫᏯᎢ, translit=Aniyvwiyaʔi or Anigiduwagi, or chr, ᏣᎳᎩ, links=no, translit=Tsalagi) are one of the indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands of the United States. Prior to the 18th century, t ... village which once stood at the present town site. In 2016, the opened in Cherry Log. Demographics References Unincorporated communities in Gilmer County, Georgia Census-designated places in Georgia (U.S. state ...
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Gilmer County, Georgia
Gilmer County is a county located in the north central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 31,353. The county seat is Ellijay. It was based on a historic Cherokee town also spelled as Elejoy in the eighteenth century. The county was created on December 3, 1832 and was named for George Rockingham Gilmer, a politician who served two non-consecutive terms as governor of the state. Gilmer County is home of the annual Apple Festival, which is held in mid-October. Ninety percent of the land is in cropland and forest. Poultry raising and processing makes up the largest portion of the agricultural economy, which generates 33.2% of the total revenues. Manufacturing is about 20%. History This was long inhabited by cultures of indigenous peoples. It was part of the homeland of the Cherokee. They had a village, ''Elatseyi'', meaning "new ground". Other sources say it means "green place". It was sometimes spelled "Elejoy" on 18th century colonial m ...
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Secondary Forest
A secondary forest (or second-growth forest) is a forest or woodland area which has re-grown after a timber harvest or clearing for agriculture, until a long enough period has passed so that the effects of the disturbance are no longer evident. It is distinguished from an old-growth forest (primary or primeval forest), which has not recently undergone such disruption, and complex early seral forest, as well as third-growth forests that result from harvest in second growth forests. Secondary forest regrowing after timber harvest differs from forest regrowing after natural disturbances such as fire, insect infestation, or windthrow because the dead trees remain to provide nutrients, structure, and water retention after natural disturbances. However, often after natural disturbance the timber is harvested and removed from the system, in which case the system more closely resembles secondary forest rather than seral forest. Description Depending on the forest, the development of ...
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Loam
Loam (in geology and soil science) is soil composed mostly of sand (particle size > ), silt (particle size > ), and a smaller amount of clay (particle size < ). By weight, its mineral composition is about 40–40–20% concentration of sand–silt–clay, respectively. These proportions can vary to a degree, however, and result in different types of loam soils: sandy loam, silty loam, clay loam, sandy clay loam, silty clay loam, and loam. In the , textural classification triangle, the only soil that is not predominantly sand, silt, or clay is called "loam". Loam soils generally contain more nutrients, moisture, and