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  2. Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians - Wikipedia

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    Valley and Ridge province as part of the Appalachian Highlands division, based on the U.S. Geological Survey physiographic classification. The Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians, also called the Ridge and Valley Province or the Valley and Ridge Appalachians, are a physiographic province of the larger Appalachian Highlands division.

  3. Appalachian Mountains - Wikipedia

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    The mountain top removal method of coal mining, in which entire mountain tops are removed, is currently threatening vast areas and ecosystems of the Appalachian Mountain region. [31] The surface coal mining that started in the 1940s has significantly impacted the central Appalachian Mountains in Kentucky , Tennessee , Virginia and West Virginia.

  4. JD Vance's Appalachia controversy explained - AOL

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    The Appalachian Mountains runs along the eastern United States, extending from Mississippi to New York. The Appalachian region, as defined by Congress, includes all of West Virginia and parts of ...

  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. Cumberland Valley - Wikipedia

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    Named features in image include Flat Rock, Mount Dempsey, Bloserville, and Bowers Mountain. The valley is bound to the west and north by the Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians (Bear Pond Mountains/Blue Mountain), to the east and south by South Mountain, to the northeast by the Susquehanna River at Harrisburg, and to the south by the Potomac River.

  7. Quaint Towns to Visit Along the Appalachian Trail - AOL

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  8. 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 ...

  9. 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 ...