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| Ficure 1.—Forest area in the various survey units. 
Figures in parenthesis indicate millions of acres. 
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| South of this line, the soils are sandy- or fine-sandy loams, 
| often with red-clay subsoils; some of these soils are classed 
a as highly productive, but most of them are so light that 
they are easily eroded when cultivated. 
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| North-Central Unit 
- North-central Georgia, including 32 counties, is chiefly 
| taken up by farms. Atlanta, the capital and largest city 
| of the State, is located in the northern part. Two-fifths 
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North Unit 
North Georgia takes in 21 counties, 9 of which are along 
the northern boundary of the State. Rome is the largest 
city in the unit. Nearly two-thirds of the area is forest : 
land. 
An area of broken and diversified topography, north 
Georgia includes parts of the upper piedmont, the valley 
and ridge belt, the Cumberland Plateau, and the Blue 
Ridge Mountains (with the highest point in the State, 
Brasstown Bald, more than 4,700 feet above sea level 
Rainfall ranges from about 50 to 60 inches a year, dep 
ing largely upon elevation; and the growing season, which 
also is affected by altitude, ranges from 59 to 7 mont 
A wide variety of soils is present, including thos 
from granitic micaceous, and limestone substi 
about two-thirds of the unit has slopes with 
more than 10 percent, much of the land 
it erodes seriously when cleared for culty 
