Southeastern US
Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi
The Southeastern US is a region comprising states in the southeastern portion of the United States, typically including Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, South Carolina, and often neighboring states like North Carolina, Tennessee, Louisiana, and parts of Virginia.
The region shares cultural, historical, and climatic characteristics: Southeastern US cuisine features dishes like shrimp and grits and fried chicken.
Boundaries vary by context—the Census Bureau, cultural geographers, and everyday usage draw different lines.
- front porchCovered entry deck
- porchCovered entryway structure
- barbecueSlow-cook over coals
- peachFuzzy stone fruit
- Spanish mossEpiphytic Southern plant
live oak · cotton · NASCAR race · Appalachian Mountains · Creole cuisine · Trail of Tears · longleaf pine · Civil War battlefields · alligators · Gulf Coast · blues music · bald cypress · shrimp · grits · boiled peanuts · moss · manatees · cotton industry
Southeastern USPacific Northwest
Coastal American region, northward
Alaska · Northeast US · New England · Upper Midwest · West Coast
Southeastern USNew England
Northeast U.S. region
Pacific Northwest · Upper Midwest · California · New York · Boston
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