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Chesapeake Rolling Coastal Plain

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The Chesapeake Rolling Coastal Plain ecoregion is a hilly upland with narrow stream divides, incised streams, and well-drained loamy soils. It is hillier, more dissected, and better drained than the Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain (63) and its underlying sedimentary rocks are distinct from the older, metamorphic rocks of the Piedmont. Elevations are under 400 feet (122 m) and local relief ranges from 25 to 225 feet (7.6-69 m); maximum elevation and relief are in between those of the higher Piedmont and the lower Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain (63). In addition, channel gradients are in between those of the Piedmont and the Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain (63) (White, 1997). Stream margins can be swampy and stained water commonly occurs.

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