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  2. Appalachian Mountains - Wikipedia

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    The geologic processes that led to the formation of the Appalachian Mountains started 1.1 billion years ago. The first mountain range in the region was created when the continents of Laurentia and Amazonia collided, creating a supercontinent called Rodinia. The collision of these continents caused the rocks to be folded and faulted, creating ...

  3. Appalachia - Wikipedia

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    The first cartographic appearance of Apalchen is on Diego Gutiérrez's 1562 map; the first use for the mountain range is the 1565 map by Jacques le Moyne de Morgues. [16] Le Moyne was also the first European to apply "Apalachen" specifically to a mountain range as opposed to a village, native tribe, or a southeastern region of North America. [17]

  4. List of subranges of the Appalachian Mountains - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of subranges within the Appalachian Mountains, a mountain range stretching ~2,050 miles from Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada to Alabama, US. The Appalachians, at their initial formation, were a part of the larger Central Pangean Mountains along with the Scottish Highlands , the Ouachita Mountains , and the Anti-Atlas ...

  5. List of mountains of the Appalachians - Wikipedia

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    Name Sub-range Type Administrative location Highest point Elevation (meter) Coordinate location Adams Mountain: Blue Ridge Mountains: mountain: Caldwell County, North Carolina

  6. Portal:Appalachia - Wikipedia

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    In the north, its boundaries stretch from the western Catskill Mountains of New York, continuing south through the Blue Ridge Mountains and Great Smoky Mountains into northern Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi, with West Virginia near the center, being the only state entirely within the boundaries of Appalachia. In 2021, the region was home to ...

  7. Geography of Europe - Wikipedia

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    Carpathian Mountains, a major mountain range in Central and Southern Europe Southern Carpathians, Romania; Tatra Mountains, Slovakia and Poland; Caucasus Mountains, which also separate Europe and Asia; Crimean Mountains; Maja Jezercë in Albania at 2,694m high is the highest peak of the Dinaric Alps. Dinaric Alps, a mountain range in the Balkans

  8. International Appalachian Trail - Wikipedia

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    Geological evidence shows that the Appalachian Mountains, certain mountains of Western Europe, and the Anti-Atlas range in North Africa are parts of the ancient Central Pangean Mountains, made when minor supercontinents collided to form the supercontinent Pangaea more than 250 million years ago. With the break-up of Pangaea, sections of the ...

  9. Allegheny Mountains - Wikipedia

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    The Allegheny Mountain Range (/ ˌ æ l ɪ ˈ ɡ eɪ n i / AL-ig-AY-nee) — also spelled Alleghany or Allegany, less formally the Alleghenies — is part of the vast Appalachian Mountain Range of the Eastern United States and Canada. Historically it represented a significant barrier to westward land travel and development.