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Appalachian Plateau information


Appalachian Plateau province of Appalachian Highlands division.

The Appalachian Plateau is a series of rugged dissected plateaus located on the western side of the Appalachian Mountains. The Appalachian Mountains are a range that run from Nova Scotia in Canada to Alabama in the United States.

The Appalachian Plateau is the northwestern part of the Appalachian Highlands physiographic division of the United States,[1] stretching from New York state to Alabama. The plateau is a second level United States physiographic region, covering parts of the states of New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia.

  1. ^ "Physiographic divisions of the conterminous U. S. - ScienceBase-Catalog". water.usgs.gov. Retrieved October 10, 2023.

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