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Place Name
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Sandhills
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Place Status (Type)
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belt
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Location
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Georgia, United States, North America
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Latitude
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unknown
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Longitude
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unknown
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Sandhills
, SE U.S., belt of sandy, low (to
c.500 ft/152 m) hills extending along inner
border of the coastal plain, from central Ga. on SW, across S.C. to
central N.C. on NE;
20 mi/32 km-40 mi/64 km
wide. Native vegetation is mainly pine, oak; cotton and peaches are
grown, and several areas (esp. Southern Pines and Pinehurst, N.C.,
Aiken and Camden, S.C.) are noted winter resorts, with generally mild
and sunny winter climate.
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