Table of Contents
123 relations: Adirondack Mountains, Alabama, Albany Congress, Alexander Spotswood, Alpine tundra, Alps, American black bear, Amphibian, Appalachian balds, Appalachian bogs, Appalachian Highlands, Appalachian Mountains, Appalachian temperate rainforest, Appalachian Trail, Appalachian–Blue Ridge forests, Asheville, North Carolina, Baffin Island, Basement (geology), Berkshires, Black Mountains (North Carolina), Blue Ridge National Heritage Area, Blue Ridge Parkway, Bobcat, Brushy Mountains (North Carolina), Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, Charlottesville, Virginia, Charnockite, Chattahoochee–Oconee National Forest, Cherokee National Forest, Colony of Virginia, Cove (Appalachian Mountains), Coyote, Eastern United States, Endemism, Erosion, Fish, Foothills, Frederick, Maryland, Geochronology, George Washington and Jefferson National Forests, George Washington University, Georgia (U.S. state), Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, Gneiss, Granite, Granitoid, Gray fox, Great Appalachian Valley, Great Balsam Mountains, Great Smoky Mountains, ... Expand index (73 more) »
- Appalachia
- Geography of Appalachia
- Mountain ranges of Georgia (U.S. state)
- Mountain ranges of Maryland
- Mountain ranges of North Carolina
- Mountain ranges of Pennsylvania
- Mountain ranges of South Carolina
- Mountain ranges of Tennessee
- Mountain ranges of Virginia
- Mountain ranges of West Virginia
- Physiographic regions of the United States
- Rappahannock River
- Regions of Tennessee
- Roanoke River
- Shenandoah River
- Subranges of the Appalachian Mountains
- Volcanoes of Virginia
Adirondack Mountains
The Adirondack Mountains are a massif of mountains in Northeastern New York which form a circular dome approximately wide and covering about. Blue Ridge Mountains and Adirondack Mountains are physiographic provinces.
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Alabama
Alabama is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States.
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Albany Congress
The Albany Congress (June 19 – July 11, 1754), also known as the Albany Convention of 1754, was a meeting of representatives sent by the legislatures of seven of the British colonies in British America: Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island.
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Alexander Spotswood
Alexander Spotswood (12 December 1676 – 7 June 1740) was a British Army officer, explorer and lieutenant governor of Colonial Virginia; he is regarded as one of the most significant historical figures in British North American colonial history.
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Alpine tundra
Alpine tundra is a type of natural region or biome that does not contain trees because it is at high elevation, with an associated harsh climate.
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Alps
The Alps are one of the highest and most extensive mountain ranges in Europe, stretching approximately across eight Alpine countries (from west to east): Monaco, France, Switzerland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Germany, Austria and Slovenia. Blue Ridge Mountains and Alps are physiographic provinces.
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American black bear
The American black bear (Ursus americanus), also known as the black bear, is a species of medium-sized bear endemic to North America.
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Amphibian
Amphibians are ectothermic, anamniotic, four-limbed vertebrate animals that constitute the class Amphibia.
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Appalachian balds
In the Appalachian Mountains of the eastern United States, balds are mountain summits or crests covered primarily by thick vegetation of native grasses or shrubs occurring in areas where heavy forest growth would be expected.
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Appalachian bogs
Appalachian bogs are boreal or hemiboreal ecosystems, which occur in many places in the Appalachian Mountains, particularly the Allegheny and Blue Ridge subranges.
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Appalachian Highlands
The Appalachian Highlands is one of eight government-defined physiographic divisions of the contiguous United States. Blue Ridge Mountains and Appalachian Highlands are geography of Appalachia and physiographic regions of the United States.
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Appalachian Mountains
The Appalachian Mountains, often called the Appalachians, are a mountain range in eastern to northeastern North America. Blue Ridge Mountains and Appalachian Mountains are Appalachia, Appalachian culture, geography of Appalachia, mountain ranges of Georgia (U.S. state), mountain ranges of Maryland, mountain ranges of North Carolina, mountain ranges of Pennsylvania, mountain ranges of South Carolina, mountain ranges of Tennessee, mountain ranges of Virginia, mountain ranges of West Virginia and physiographic regions of the United States.
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Appalachian temperate rainforest
The Appalachian temperate rainforest or Appalachian cloud forest is located in the southern Appalachian Mountains of the eastern United States and is among the most biodiverse temperate regions in the world.
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Appalachian Trail
The Appalachian Trail, also called the A.T., is a hiking trail in the Eastern United States, extending almost between Springer Mountain in Georgia and Mount Katahdin in Maine, and passing through 14 states. Blue Ridge Mountains and Appalachian Trail are Appalachia.
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Appalachian–Blue Ridge forests
The Appalachian–Blue Ridge forests are an ecoregion in the Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests Biome, in the Eastern United States.
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Asheville, North Carolina
Asheville is a city in and the county seat of Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States.
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Baffin Island
Baffin Island (formerly Baffin Land), in the Canadian territory of Nunavut, is the largest island in Canada, the second largest island in the Americas (behind Greenland), and the fifth-largest island in the world.
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Basement (geology)
In geology, basement and crystalline basement are crystalline rocks lying above the mantle and beneath all other rocks and sediments.
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Berkshires
The Berkshires are highlands located in western Massachusetts and northwestern Connecticut in the United States. Blue Ridge Mountains and Berkshires are subranges of the Appalachian Mountains.
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Black Mountains (North Carolina)
The Black Mountains are a mountain range in western North Carolina, in the southeastern United States. Blue Ridge Mountains and Black Mountains (North Carolina) are subranges of the Appalachian Mountains.
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Blue Ridge National Heritage Area
The Blue Ridge National Heritage Area is a federally designated National Heritage Area encompassing the twenty-five westernmost counties of North Carolina, which are associated with the Blue Ridge Mountains. Blue Ridge Mountains and Blue Ridge National Heritage Area are geography of Appalachia.
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Blue Ridge Parkway
The Blue Ridge Parkway is a National Parkway and All-American Road in the United States, noted for its scenic beauty. Blue Ridge Mountains and Blue Ridge Parkway are Appalachian culture.
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Bobcat
The bobcat (Lynx rufus), also known as the red lynx, is one of the four extant species within the medium-sized wild cat genus Lynx.
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Brushy Mountains (North Carolina)
The Brushy Mountains are a mountain range located in northwestern North Carolina. Blue Ridge Mountains and Brushy Mountains (North Carolina) are mountain ranges of North Carolina and subranges of the Appalachian Mountains.
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Chambersburg, Pennsylvania
Chambersburg is a borough in and the county seat of Franklin County, in the South Central region of Pennsylvania, United States.
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Charlottesville, Virginia
Charlottesville, colloquially known as C'ville, is an independent city in Virginia, United States.
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Charnockite
Charnockite is any orthopyroxene-bearing quartz-feldspar rock formed at high temperature and pressure, commonly found in granulite facies’ metamorphic regions, sensu stricto as an endmember of the charnockite series.
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Chattahoochee–Oconee National Forest
The Chattahoochee–Oconee National Forest in northern Georgia comprises two United States National Forests, the Oconee National Forest in eastern Georgia and the Chattahoochee National Forest located in the North Georgia Mountains.
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Cherokee National Forest
The Cherokee National Forest is a United States National Forest located in the U.S. states of Tennessee and North Carolina that was created on June 14, 1920.
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Colony of Virginia
The Colony of Virginia was a British, colonial settlement in North America between 1606 and 1776.
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Cove (Appalachian Mountains)
In the central and southern Appalachian Mountains of Eastern North America, a cove is a small valley between two ridge lines that is closed at one or both ends.
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Coyote
The coyote (Canis latrans), also known as the American jackal, prairie wolf, or brush wolf is a species of canine native to North America.
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Eastern United States
The Eastern United States, often abbreviated as simply the East, is a macroregion of the United States located to the east of the Mississippi River.
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Endemism
Endemism is the state of a species only being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere.
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Erosion
Erosion is the action of surface processes (such as water flow or wind) that removes soil, rock, or dissolved material from one location on the Earth's crust and then transports it to another location where it is deposited.
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Fish
A fish (fish or fishes) is an aquatic, anamniotic, gill-bearing vertebrate animal with swimming fins and a hard skull, but lacking limbs with digits.
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Foothills
Foothills or piedmont are geographically defined as gradual increases in elevation at the base of a mountain range, higher hill range or an upland area.
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Frederick, Maryland
Frederick is a city in, and the county seat of, Frederick County, Maryland, United States.
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Geochronology
Geochronology is the science of determining the age of rocks, fossils, and sediments using signatures inherent in the rocks themselves.
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George Washington and Jefferson National Forests
The George Washington and Jefferson National Forests is an administrative entity combining two U.S. National Forests into one of the largest areas of public land in the Eastern United States. Blue Ridge Mountains and George Washington and Jefferson National Forests are Shenandoah River.
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George Washington University
The George Washington University (GW or GWU) is a private federally-chartered research university in Washington, D.C. Originally named Columbian College, it was chartered in 1821 by the United States Congress and is the first university founded under Washington D.C.'s jurisdiction.
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Georgia (U.S. state)
Georgia, officially the State of Georgia, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States.
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Gettysburg is a borough in Pennsylvania and the county seat of Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Gneiss
Gneiss is a common and widely distributed type of metamorphic rock.
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Granite
Granite is a coarse-grained (phaneritic) intrusive igneous rock composed mostly of quartz, alkali feldspar, and plagioclase.
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Granitoid
A granitoid is a generic term for a diverse category of coarse-grained igneous rocks that consist predominantly of quartz, plagioclase, and alkali feldspar.
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Gray fox
The gray fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus), or grey fox, is an omnivorous mammal of the family Canidae, widespread throughout North America and Central America.
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Great Appalachian Valley
The Great Appalachian Valley, also called The Great Valley or Great Valley Region, is one of the major landform features of eastern North America. Blue Ridge Mountains and Great Appalachian Valley are geography of Appalachia.
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Great Balsam Mountains
The Great Balsam Mountains, or Balsam Mountains, are in the mountain region of western North Carolina, United States. Blue Ridge Mountains and Great Balsam Mountains are mountain ranges of North Carolina.
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Great Smoky Mountains
The Great Smoky Mountains (Equa Dutsusdu Dodalv) are a mountain range rising along the Tennessee–North Carolina border in the southeastern United States. Blue Ridge Mountains and Great Smoky Mountains are Appalachian culture, geography of Appalachia, mountain ranges of North Carolina, mountain ranges of Tennessee and subranges of the Appalachian Mountains.
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Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Great Smoky Mountains National Park is an American national park in the southeastern United States, with parts in North Carolina and Tennessee.
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Green Mountains
The Green Mountains are a mountain range in the U.S. state of Vermont and are a subrange of the Appalachian Mountains. Blue Ridge Mountains and Green Mountains are subranges of the Appalachian Mountains.
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Grenville orogeny
The Grenville orogeny was a long-lived Mesoproterozoic mountain-building event associated with the assembly of the supercontinent Rodinia.
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Grouse
Grouse are a group of birds from the order Galliformes, in the family Phasianidae.
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Habitat
In ecology, habitat refers to the array of resources, physical and biotic factors that are present in an area, such as to support the survival and reproduction of a particular species.
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Hagerstown, Maryland
Hagerstown is a city in and the county seat of Washington County, Maryland, United States.
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Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Harrisburg (Harrisbarrig) is the capital city of the U.S. commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the seat of Dauphin County.
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Hudson River
The Hudson River is a river that flows from north to south primarily through eastern New York, United States.
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Iroquois
The Iroquois, also known as the Five Nations, and later as the Six Nations from 1722 onwards; alternatively referred to by the endonym Haudenosaunee are an Iroquoian-speaking confederacy of Native Americans and First Nations peoples in northeast North America.
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Isoprene
Isoprene, or 2-methyl-1,3-butadiene, is a common volatile organic compound with the formula CH2.
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John Denver
Henry John Deutschendorf Jr. (December 31, 1943 – October 12, 1997), known professionally as John Denver, was an American singer and songwriter.
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John Lederer
John Lederer was a 17th-century German physician and an explorer of the Appalachian Mountains.
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Johnson City, Tennessee
Johnson City is a city in Washington, Carter, and Sullivan counties in the U.S. state of Tennessee, mostly in Washington County.
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List of subranges of the Appalachian Mountains
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. Blue Ridge Mountains and list of subranges of the Appalachian Mountains are subranges of the Appalachian Mountains.
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Lynchburg, Virginia
Lynchburg is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States.
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Maryland
Maryland is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States.
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Mass wasting
Mass wasting, also known as mass movement, is a general term for the movement of rock or soil down slopes under the force of gravity.
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Massachusetts
Massachusetts (script), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States.
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Metamorphic rock
Metamorphic rocks arise from the transformation of existing rock to new types of rock in a process called metamorphism.
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Mount Mitchell
Mount Mitchell (Attakulla in Cherokee) is the highest peak of the Appalachian Mountains and the highest peak in mainland North America east of the Mississippi River.
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Mount Oglethorpe
Mount Oglethorpe is a mountain located in Pickens County, Georgia, United States.
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Mount Washington
Mount Washington, is an ultra-prominent mountain in the state of New Hampshire.
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Nantahala National Forest
The Nantahala National Forest is the largest of the four national forests in North Carolina, lying in the mountains and valleys of western North Carolina.
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New Hampshire
New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States.
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New Jersey
New Jersey is a state situated within both the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States.
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New York–New Jersey Highlands
The New York – New Jersey Highlands is a geological formation composed primarily of Precambrian igneous and metamorphic rock running from the Delaware River near Musconetcong Mountain, northeast through the Skylands Region of New Jersey along the Bearfort Ridge and the Ramapo Mountains, Sterling Forest, Harriman and Bear Mountain State Parks in New York, to the Hudson River at Storm King Mountain.
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North American river otter
The North American river otter (Lontra canadensis), also known as the northern river otter and river otter, is a semiaquatic mammal that lives only on the North American continent throughout most of Canada, along the coasts of the United States and its inland waterways.
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North Carolina
North Carolina is a state in the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.
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Oak–hickory forest
Oak–hickory forest is a type of North American forest ecosystem, and an ecoregion of the Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests Biome.
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Ocoee salamander
The ocoee salamander (Desmognathus ocoee) is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae.
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Peak bagging
Peak bagging or hill bagging is an activity in which hikers, climbers, and mountaineers attempt to reach a collection of summits, published in the form of a list.
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Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania Dutch), is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. Blue Ridge Mountains and Pennsylvania are Appalachia.
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Petrology
Petrology is the branch of geology that studies rocks, their mineralogy, composition, texture, structure and the conditions under which they form.
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Physiographic regions of the United States
The physiographic regions of the contiguous United States comprise 8 divisions, 25 provinces, and 85 sections.
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Pisgah National Forest
Pisgah National Forest is a National Forest in the Appalachian Mountains of western North Carolina.
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Potomac River
The Potomac River is a major river in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States that flows from the Potomac Highlands in West Virginia to the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland.
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Powhatan
The Powhatan people are Indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands who belong to member tribes of the Powhatan Confederacy, or Tsenacommacah.
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Red fox
The red fox (Vulpes vulpes) is the largest of the true foxes and one of the most widely distributed members of the order Carnivora, being present across the entire Northern Hemisphere including most of North America, Europe and Asia, plus parts of North Africa.
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Reptile
Reptiles, as commonly defined, are a group of tetrapods with usually an ectothermic ('cold-blooded') metabolism and amniotic development.
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Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians
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. Blue Ridge Mountains and Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians are geography of Appalachia, physiographic provinces, physiographic regions of the United States, regions of Tennessee and subranges of the Appalachian Mountains.
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Roan Mountain (Roan Highlands)
Roan Mountain is a mountain straddling the North Carolina/Tennessee border in the Unaka Range of the Southern Appalachian Mountains in the Southeastern United States. Blue Ridge Mountains and Roan Mountain (Roan Highlands) are Appalachian culture.
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Roanoke River
The Roanoke River runs long through southern Virginia and northeastern North Carolina in the United States.
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Roanoke, Virginia
Roanoke is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States.
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Shawnee
The Shawnee are a Native American people of the Northeastern Woodlands.
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Shenandoah National Park
Shenandoah National Park (often) is a national park in the Eastern United States that encompasses part of the Blue Ridge Mountains in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The park is long and narrow, with the Shenandoah River and its broad valley to the west, and the rolling hills of the Virginia Piedmont to the east.
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Shenandoah Valley
The Shenandoah Valley is a geographic valley and cultural region of western Virginia and the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia in the United States. Blue Ridge Mountains and Shenandoah Valley are Shenandoah River.
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Silurian
The Silurian is a geologic period and system spanning 24.6 million years from the end of the Ordovician Period, at million years ago (Mya), to the beginning of the Devonian Period, Mya.
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Siouan languages
Siouan or Siouan–Catawban is a language family of North America that is located primarily in the Great Plains, Ohio and Mississippi valleys and southeastern North America with a few other languages in the east.
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Six Nations land cessions
The Six Nations land cessions were a series of land cessions by the Haudenosaunee and Lenape which ceded large amounts of land, including both recently conquered territories acquired from other indigenous peoples in the Beaver Wars, and ancestral lands to the Thirteen Colonies and the United States.
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Songbird
A songbird is a bird belonging to the suborder Passeri of the perching birds (Passeriformes).
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South Carolina
South Carolina is a state in the coastal Southeastern region of the United States.
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South Mountain (Maryland and Pennsylvania)
South Mountain is the northern extension of the Blue Ridge Mountain range into Maryland and Pennsylvania. Blue Ridge Mountains and South Mountain (Maryland and Pennsylvania) are mountain ranges of Maryland, mountain ranges of Pennsylvania and subranges of the Appalachian Mountains.
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South Mountains (North Carolina)
The South Mountains are an ancient and deeply eroded mountain range in western North Carolina. Blue Ridge Mountains and South Mountains (North Carolina) are mountain ranges of North Carolina and subranges of the Appalachian Mountains.
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Southern Appalachian spruce–fir forest
The southern Appalachian spruce–fir forest is an ecoregion of the temperate coniferous forests biome, a type of montane coniferous forest that grows in the highest elevations in the southern Appalachian Mountains of the eastern United States.
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Southern Sixers
In peak bagging terminology in the United States, the Southern Sixers refers to the group of mountains in the southern states of North Carolina and Tennessee with elevations above sea level of at least six thousand feet (1829 m).
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Southwest Mountains
The Southwest Mountains of Virginia are a mountain range centered on Charlottesville, parallel to and geologically associated with the Blue Ridge Mountains, which lie about 30 miles (50 km) to the west. Blue Ridge Mountains and Southwest Mountains are mountain ranges of Virginia.
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Southwest Virginia
Southwest Virginia, often abbreviated as SWVA, is a mountainous region of Virginia in the westernmost part of the commonwealth. Blue Ridge Mountains and Southwest Virginia are geography of Appalachia.
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Take Me Home, Country Roads
"Take Me Home, Country Roads", also known simply as "Country Roads", is a song written by Bill Danoff, Taffy Nivert and John Denver. Blue Ridge Mountains and Take Me Home, Country Roads are Shenandoah River.
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Tennessee
Tennessee, officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. Blue Ridge Mountains and Tennessee are Appalachia.
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Tennessee Frontiers: Three Regions in Transition
Tennessee Frontiers: Three Regions in Transition is a book by John R. Finger published in 2001 by Indiana University Press.
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Terrane
In geology, a terrane (in full, a tectonostratigraphic terrane) is a crust fragment formed on a tectonic plate (or broken off from it) and accreted or "sutured" to crust lying on another plate.
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Tree line
The tree line is the edge of a habitat at which trees are capable of growing and beyond which they are not.
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Tutelo language
Tutelo, also known as Tutelo–Saponi, is a member of the Virginian branch of Siouan languages that were originally spoken in what is now Virginia and West Virginia in the United States.
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United States Geological Survey
The United States Geological Survey (USGS), founded as the Geological Survey, is an agency of the United States government whose work spans the disciplines of biology, geography, geology, and hydrology.
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Upstate South Carolina
The Upstate, historically known as the Upcountry, is a region of the U.S. state of South Carolina, comprising the northwesternmost area of the state. Blue Ridge Mountains and Upstate South Carolina are geography of Appalachia.
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Vermont
Vermont is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States.
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Virginia
Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains.
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Weathering
Weathering is the deterioration of rocks, soils and minerals (as well as wood and artificial materials) through contact with water, atmospheric gases, sunlight, and biological organisms.
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West Virginia
West Virginia is a landlocked state in the Southern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. Blue Ridge Mountains and West Virginia are Appalachia and geography of Appalachia.
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White-tailed deer
The white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus), also known commonly as the whitetail and the Virginia deer, is a medium-sized species of deer native to North America, Central America, and South America as far south as Peru and Bolivia, where it predominately inhabits high mountain terrains of the Andes.
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Wild boar
The wild boar (Sus scrofa), also known as the wild swine, common wild pig, Eurasian wild pig, or simply wild pig, is a suid native to much of Eurasia and North Africa, and has been introduced to the Americas and Oceania.
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Wild turkey
The wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) is an upland game bird native to North America, one of two extant species of turkey and the heaviest member of the order Galliformes.
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Zircon
Zircon is a mineral belonging to the group of nesosilicates and is a source of the metal zirconium.
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See also
Appalachia
- Appalachia
- Appalachian Land Ownership Survey
- Appalachian Mountains
- Appalachian Ohio
- Appalachian Regional Commission
- Appalachian Regional Development Act
- Appalachian Trail
- Appalachian culture
- Appalachian studies
- Area Redevelopment Administration
- Ballad Health
- Blue Ridge Mountains
- Coal Employment Project
- Coal mining in Appalachia
- Environmental issues in Appalachia
- Environmental justice and coal mining in Appalachia
- Eula Hall
- Hillbilly Highway
- John Gordon (militia captain)
- Kentucky
- Lincoln County feud
- List of Appalachian dinosaurs
- Northern panhandle of West Virginia
- Overmountain Men
- Pennsylvania
- Pittsburgh
- Southern Justice
- Southwest Territory
- State of Franklin
- Swift's silver mine
- Tennessee
- Tennessee Gas Pipeline
- Tennessee Valley Authority
- Trans-Appalachia
- Transportation in Appalachia
- West Virginia
- Wilderness Road
Geography of Appalachia
- Allegheny Mountains
- Allegheny Plateau
- Appalachian Highlands
- Appalachian Mountains
- Appalachian Ohio
- Appalachian Plateau
- Appalachian Regional Commission
- Blue Ridge Mountains
- Blue Ridge National Heritage Area
- Copper Basin (Tennessee)
- Cumberland Plateau
- East Tennessee
- Eastern Kentucky Coalfield
- Environment of West Virginia
- Geography of West Virginia
- Glaciated Allegheny Plateau
- Great Appalachian Valley
- Great Smoky Mountains
- Greater Pittsburgh
- List of Appalachian Regional Commission counties
- Lost Provinces
- North Alabama
- North Georgia
- Northeast Georgia
- Northwest Georgia
- Northwest Georgia (U.S.)
- Red River Gorge
- Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians
- Southern West Virginia
- Southwest Virginia
- Unglaciated Allegheny Plateau
- Upstate South Carolina
- West Virginia
- Western Allegheny Plateau (ecoregion)
- Western Maryland
- Western North Carolina
- Western Virginia
Mountain ranges of Georgia (U.S. state)
- Appalachian Mountains
- Blue Ridge Mountains
- Cohutta Mountains
Mountain ranges of Maryland
- Allegheny Mountains
- Appalachian Mountains
- Bear Pond Mountains
- Blue Ridge Mountains
- Catoctin Mountain
- South Mountain (Maryland and Pennsylvania)
- Town Hill
Mountain ranges of North Carolina
- Appalachian Mountains
- Bald Mountains
- Blue Ridge Mountains
- Brushy Mountains (North Carolina)
- Cane Creek Mountains
- Caraway Mountains
- Great Balsam Mountains
- Great Craggy Mountains
- Great Smoky Mountains
- Iron Mountains
- Plott Balsams
- Saluda Mountains
- Sauratown Mountains
- South Mountains (North Carolina)
- Unaka Range
- Unicoi Mountains
- Uwharrie Mountains
Mountain ranges of Pennsylvania
- Allegheny Mountains
- Appalachian Mountains
- Bear Pond Mountains
- Blue Ridge Mountains
- Conewago Mountains
- Endless Mountains
- Moosic Mountains
- Pocono Mountains
- South Mountain (Eastern Pennsylvania)
- South Mountain (Maryland and Pennsylvania)
- Town Hill
Mountain ranges of South Carolina
- Appalachian Mountains
- Blue Ridge Mountains
- Saluda Mountains
Mountain ranges of Tennessee
- Appalachian Mountains
- Bald Mountains
- Blue Ridge Mountains
- Crab Orchard Mountains
- Cumberland Mountains
- Great Smoky Mountains
- Iron Mountains
- Unaka Range
- Unicoi Mountains
Mountain ranges of Virginia
- Allegheny Mountains
- Appalachian Mountains
- Blue Ridge Mountains
- Broken Hills (Virginia)
- Buck Mountain (Virginia)
- Bull Run Mountains
- Catoctin Mountain
- Cumberland Mountains
- Iron Mountains
- Ragged Mountains
- Short Hill Mountain
- Southwest Mountains
Mountain ranges of West Virginia
- Allegheny Mountains
- Appalachian Mountains
- Blue Ridge Mountains
- Cumberland Mountains
- Town Hill
Physiographic regions of the United States
- Allegheny Plateau
- Appalachian Highlands
- Appalachian Mountains
- Appalachian Plateau
- Atlantic Plain
- Basin and Range Province
- Blue Ridge Mountains
- Catskill Mountains
- Colorado Plateau
- Cumberland Plateau
- Great Lakes–St. Lawrence Lowlands
- Gulf Coastal Plain
- Interior Plains
- Intermontane Plateaus
- Laurentian Upland
- Ozarks
- Pacific Coast Ranges
- Peninsular Ranges
- Physiographic regions of the United States
- Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians
- Rocky Mountains
- Salton Trough
- Sonoran Desert
- U.S. Interior Highlands
Rappahannock River
- Battle of Fredericksburg
- Battle of Rappahannock River
- Blue Ridge Mountains
- Chester Gap
- Ferry Farm
- Kelly's Ford, Virginia
- Mud March (American Civil War)
- Rappahannock River
- Rappahannock River Valley National Wildlife Refuge
- Robert O. Norris Bridge
- Second Battle of Rappahannock Station
- Stingray Point Light
- Windmill Point Light (Virginia)
Regions of Tennessee
- Appalachian Plateau
- Blue Ridge Mountains
- Chattanooga metropolitan area
- East Tennessee
- Grand Divisions of Tennessee
- Highland Rim
- Jackson Purchase
- Kennessee
- Knoxville metropolitan area
- Middle Tennessee
- Mississippi Alluvial Plain (ecoregion)
- Mississippi Valley Loess Plains (ecoregion)
- Nashville Basin
- Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians
- Southeastern Plains (ecoregion)
- TAG Corner
- West Tennessee
Roanoke River
- Albemarle Sound
- Blue Ridge Mountains
- John H. Kerr Dam
- Kerr Lake
- Lake Gaston
- Leesville Lake
- Maggodee Creek
- Roanoke River
- Roanoke River National Wildlife Refuge
- Roanoke Valley
- Smith Mountain Lake
Shenandoah River
- Blue Ridge Mountains
- Brocks Gap Dam
- Eastern panhandle of West Virginia
- George Washington and Jefferson National Forests
- Long Marsh Run
- Massanutten Mountain
- Oh Shenandoah
- Page Valley
- Potomac Company
- Potomac River basin reservoir projects
- Shenandoah Mountain
- Shenandoah River
- Shenandoah River Raymond R. "Andy" Guest Jr. State Park
- Shenandoah Valley
- Skenandoa
- Take Me Home, Country Roads
Subranges of the Appalachian Mountains
- Allegheny Mountains
- Berkshires
- Black Mountains (North Carolina)
- Blue Ridge Mountains
- Brushy Mountains (North Carolina)
- Catskill Mountains
- Catskills
- Chic-Choc Mountains
- Cumberland Mountains
- Great Smoky Mountains
- Green Mountains
- Iron Mountains
- Kittatinny Mountain
- List of subranges of the Appalachian Mountains
- Long Range Mountains
- Longfellow Mountains
- Notre Dame Mountains
- Notre Dame and Mégantic Mountains
- Pocono Mountains
- Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians
- Saluda Mountains
- Shawangunks
- South Mountain (Maryland and Pennsylvania)
- South Mountains (North Carolina)
- Tuscarora Mountain
- Unicoi Mountains
- White Mountains (New England)
- White Mountains (New Hampshire)
Volcanoes of Virginia
- Battle Mountain (Virginia)
- Blue Ridge Mountains
- Mole Hill (Virginia)
- Mount Rogers
- Natural Chimneys
- Trimble Knob
References
Also known as Blue Ridge (ecoregion), Blue Ridge Escarpment, Blue Ridge belt, Blueridge Mountains, Fauna of the Blue Ridge Mountains, Flora and fauna of the Blue Ridge Mountains, Geology of the Blue Ridge Mountains, History of the Blue Ridge Mountains.