Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians

E135600

mountain range region physiographic province

The Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians are a long, folded belt of parallel mountain ridges and valleys forming a major physiographic province of the Appalachian Mountains in the eastern United States.

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All labels observed (13)

Label	Occurrences
Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians canonical	26
Ridge and Valley Appalachians	6
Appalachian Ridge-and-Valley region	5
Appalachian Valley and Ridge province	3
Appalachian foothills	2
Appalachian Mountains physiographic province	1
Appalachian belt	1
Appalachian ridge and valley	1
Ridge and Valley	1
Ridge and Valley region of Georgia	1
Valley and Ridge Appalachians	1
Valley and Ridge physiographic province	1
Valley and Ridge region of Virginia	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	mountain range region ⓘ physiographic province ⓘ
borderedBy	Appalachian Plateau ⓘ Blue Ridge Mountains ⓘ
characterizedBy	elongated valleys ⓘ long parallel ridges ⓘ
contains	Blue Mountain (Pennsylvania) ⓘ Cumberland Mountains ⓘ Cumberland Valley ⓘ Great Valley ⓘ Kittatinny Mountains ⓘ surface form: Kittatinny Mountain Lehigh Valley region ⓘ surface form: Lehigh Valley Shenandoah Valley ⓘ Valley and Ridge Province ⓘ surface form: Valley and Ridge Province (USGS)
containsRockType	limestone ⓘ sandstone ⓘ shale ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dominantRockType	sedimentary rock ⓘ
drainedBy	Coosa River ⓘ Delaware River ⓘ Potomac River ⓘ Susquehanna River ⓘ Tennessee River ⓘ
extendsFrom	New York ⓘ
extendsTo	Alabama ⓘ Georgia ⓘ Maryland ⓘ New Jersey, United States ⓘ surface form: New Jersey New York ⓘ Pennsylvania ⓘ Tennessee ⓘ Virginia ⓘ West Virginia ⓘ
geologicAge	Paleozoic ⓘ
geologicStructure	fold-and-thrust belt ⓘ
highestPoint	Spruce Knob ⓘ
highestPointElevation	1482 meters ⓘ 4863 feet ⓘ
knownFor	distinctive linear ridge-and-valley topography ⓘ
locatedIn	Eastern United States ⓘ surface form: eastern United States
majorLandUse	agriculture ⓘ forestry ⓘ mining ⓘ
orogeny	Acadian orogeny ⓘ Appalachian orogeny ⓘ surface form: Alleghanian orogeny Taconic orogeny ⓘ
partOf	Appalachian Mountains ⓘ
physiographicDivisionOf	Appalachian Highlands division ⓘ surface form: Appalachian Highlands
separates	Appalachian Plateau from Piedmont ⓘ

Referenced by (50)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Allegheny Mountains → separatedFrom → Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians ⓘ

Valley and Ridge Province → contains → Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians ⓘ

Caledonian orogeny → recordedIn → Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Appalachian belt

Clinton, Tennessee → locatedInPhysiographicRegion → Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Appalachian Ridge-and-Valley region

South Branch Potomac River → ecoregion → Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ridge and Valley Appalachians

North Branch Potomac River → near → Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians ⓘ

Union County, Tennessee → locatedInPhysiographicProvince → Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians ⓘ

Gadsden, Alabama → locatedInPhysiographicRegion → Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians ⓘ

Loudon County, Tennessee → locatedInPhysiographicRegion → Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians ⓘ

Cocke County, Tennessee → physiographicProvince → Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians ⓘ

Shenandoah Junction, West Virginia → locatedInPhysiographicProvince → Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians ⓘ

Appalachian Valley → boundedBy → Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians ⓘ

Blue Ridge Mountains → separates → Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ridge and Valley Appalachians

Cherokee County, Georgia → partOfRegion → Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Appalachian foothills

Central Alabama → containsFeature → Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Appalachian foothills

Cove Gap, Pennsylvania → locatedInPhysiographicProvince → Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ridge and Valley Appalachians

Red Mountain → partOf → Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Appalachian Ridge-and-Valley region

western Virginia → includes → Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians ⓘ

subject surface form: Western Virginia

this entity surface form: Valley and Ridge region of Virginia

western Virginia → hasLandform → Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians ⓘ

subject surface form: Western Virginia

this entity surface form: Valley and Ridge Appalachians

Piedmont region of Georgia → borders → Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ridge and Valley region of Georgia

Pinhoti National Recreation Trail → ecosystem → Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Appalachian ridge and valley

Allegheny Front → separates → Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians ⓘ

Ruffner Mountain → partOf → Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Appalachian Ridge-and-Valley region

Central Pennsylvania → contains → Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians ⓘ

French Broad River → ecoregion → Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians ⓘ

Augusta County, Virginia → partOfRegion → Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Valley and Ridge physiographic province

Blue Mountain → partOf → Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians ⓘ

subject surface form: Blue Mountain (Pennsylvania)

Dalton, Georgia → locatedInValley → Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians ⓘ

Hardy County, West Virginia → locatedInPhysiographicProvince → Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians ⓘ

Bedford County → locatedIn → Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians ⓘ

Lost River → geologicalSetting → Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians ⓘ

Harriman, Tennessee → locatedInPhysiographicRegion → Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians ⓘ

McMinn County, Tennessee → locatedInPhysiographicRegion → Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Appalachian Ridge-and-Valley region

North Fork Mountain → geologicFormation → Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians ⓘ

Columbia County, Pennsylvania → locatedInPhysiographicProvince → Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ridge and Valley Appalachians

Monroe County, Tennessee → locatedInPhysiographicRegion → Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians ⓘ

Washington County, Tennessee → hasFeature → Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians ⓘ

West Branch Susquehanna River → region → Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians ⓘ

Hawkins County, Tennessee → locatedInPhysiographicRegion → Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians ⓘ

New Market, Tennessee → locatedInPhysiographicRegion → Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians ⓘ

Mill Creek, West Virginia → locatedInPhysiographicRegion → Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians ⓘ

Abram S. Hewitt State Forest → near → Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Appalachian Mountains physiographic province

Whitfield County → locatedInPhysiographicProvince → Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ridge and Valley

Lebanon Valley → geologicalContext → Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Appalachian Valley and Ridge province

Port Clinton, Pennsylvania → locatedInPhysiographicProvince → Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ridge and Valley Appalachians

Kittatinny Mountains → geologicalProvince → Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ridge and Valley Appalachians

North Georgia → hasSubrange → Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians ⓘ

Birmingham District iron ore field → partOf → Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Appalachian Valley and Ridge province

Scarlet Chamber → geologicalSetting → Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Appalachian Valley and Ridge province

Missionary Ridge → partOf → Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Appalachian Ridge-and-Valley region