The Allegheny Front is west of the Cumberland Valley and is part of the Appalachian escarpment extending between the Helderberg Escarpment in New York to Walden Ridge in Tennessee.
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United States
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Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia and Virginia
Allegheny Mountains of the Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians
Geology
Orogeny
Alleghenian orogeny
The Allegheny Front is the major southeast- or east-facing escarpment in the Allegheny Mountains in southern Pennsylvania, western Maryland, eastern West Virginia, and western Virginia. The Allegheny Front forms the boundary between the Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians to its east and the Appalachian Plateau (locally called the Allegheny Plateau) to its west. The Front is closely associated with the Appalachian Mountains' Eastern Continental Divide, which in this area divides the waters of the Ohio/Mississippi river system, flowing to the Gulf of Mexico, from rivers flowing into Chesapeake Bay and from there into the Atlantic Ocean.
The Allegheny Front and the Eastern Continental Divide do not always coincide; for example, the North Branch of the Potomac River begins well west of the Front, at the Fairfax Stone near the southwestern tip of Maryland, about 10 miles (16 km) and across the actual divide from the headwaters of the Youghiogheny River draining northwards into the Monongahela and Ohio rivers.
The Allegheny Front is one of the windiest spots east of the Mississippi, leading to the recent establishment of wind farming there.[citation needed]
This profile of the Allegheny Portage Railroad crossing the Allegheny Front gives perspective on how the front formed the final barrier range preventing easy settlement of the colonial and post-Revolutionary-War West (today's Midwest). Note the upland nature of the western side of the front, the Allegheny Plateau.
The AlleghenyFront is the major southeast- or east-facing escarpment in the Allegheny Mountains in southern Pennsylvania, western Maryland, eastern West...
high, steep escarpment known as the AlleghenyFront. In the west, they slope down into the closely associated Allegheny Plateau, which extends into Ohio...
terminates in the east at the Allegheny Mountains, which are the highest ridges just west of the AlleghenyFront. The Front extends from central Pennsylvania...
The AlleghenyFront Trail is a 41.9-mile (67.4 km) hiking trail in central Pennsylvania, forming a loop through Moshannon State Forest and roughly encircling...
The gaps of the Allegheny, meaning gaps in the Allegheny Ridge (now given the technical name AlleghenyFront) in west-central Pennsylvania, is a series...
Look up Allegheny or Alleghany in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Allegheny, Alleghany or Allegany may refer to: Allegheny River, in Pennsylvania and...
of Forestry. The AlleghenyFront section includes the abrupt escarpment that divides the Ridge and Valley Province from the Allegheny Plateau. The region...
four-state Allegheny Highlands or High Alleghenies region which includes the relatively high and rugged mountains along and near the AlleghenyFront from extreme...
rejoins the AlleghenyFront. A significant portion of the Divide forms part of the border between West Virginia and Virginia along Allegheny Mountain and...
states Allegheny Mountain (Pennsylvania) in southwestern Pennsylvania The AlleghenyFront, in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and West Virginia The Allegheny Escarpment...
This list of ridges and summits of the Allegheny Mountains identifies geographic elevations for about 500 miles (800 km) from north central Pennsylvania...
through the gaps of the Allegheny that connected the midwest to the eastern seaboard across the barrier range of the AlleghenyFront. Approximately 36 miles...
Kittanning Path was a major east-west Native American trail that crossed the Allegheny Mountains barrier ridge connecting the Susquehanna River valleys in the...
and the more general Appalachian Mountains. These plateaus, such as the Allegheny Plateau, are considered provinces of the Appalachian Highlands and the...
State Park, meeting the AlleghenyFront just south of Keyser. From Keyser the route turned south to follow the AlleghenyFront, passing Blackwater Falls...
123 ft (1,257 m) at the top of the eastern edge mountain ridge on the AlleghenyFront. Much of the high plateau section lies at nearly 4,000 ft (1,200 m)...
Temiskaming, Ontario) Scarborough Bluffs (Toronto, Ontario) United States AlleghenyFront (West Virginia-Maryland-Pennsylvania) Blue Ridge Escarpment (North...
Allegheny College is a private liberal arts college in Meadville, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1815, Allegheny is the oldest college in continuous existence...
The central region comprises the Valley Ridges between the AlleghenyFront of the Allegheny Plateau and the Great Appalachian Valley, the New York–New...
Highland County, Virginia, near Hightown along the eastern edge of the AlleghenyFront. After a river distance of 139 miles (224 km), the mouth lies east...
Pennsylvania below the Allegheny Ridge southwest to Harrisburg, and bituminous, the soft coal found west of the AlleghenyFront escarpment). Anthracite...
waterfalls along Kitchen Creek, which flows down the AlleghenyFront escarpment from the Allegheny Plateau to the Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians. The park...
wind turbines. These wind turbines are placed along 12 miles of the AlleghenyFront. The wind farm began construction in 2006 and is now currently fully...
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