Tidewater region is an area.
Tidewater region . The area is generally flat and low and composed of tidal marsh and large expanses of swamp . Geographically , in North Carolina and Virginia the Tidewater area is the land between the Suffolk Scarp and the Atlantic Ocean . The Hampton Roads area of Virginia is considered to be in the Tidewater . In the case of Virginia , the Tidewater region includes the land east of the Fall Line , the natural border with the Piedmont Region .