Piedmont region

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geographic region in the United States physiographic region plateau

The Piedmont region is a plateau area in the eastern United States characterized by rolling hills and foothills lying between the Atlantic Coastal Plain and the Appalachian Mountains.

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All labels observed (17)

Label Occurrences
Piedmont region canonical 31
Piedmont region of Maryland 9
Piedmont physiographic province 6

Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographic region in the United States ⓘ
physiographic region ⓘ
plateau ⓘ
adjacentTo Appalachian Mountains ⓘ
Atlantic coastal plain ⓘ
surface form: Atlantic Coastal Plain
averageElevation about 200 to 1,000 feet above sea level ⓘ
borders Atlantic coastal plain ⓘ
surface form: Atlantic Coastal Plain

Blue Ridge Mountains ⓘ
characterizedBy foothills ⓘ
rolling hills ⓘ
contains Fall Line cities ⓘ
urban and agricultural areas ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
drainedBy rivers flowing south toward the Gulf of Mexico ⓘ
rivers flowing southeast toward the Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
extendsFrom New Jersey, United States ⓘ
surface form: New Jersey
extendsTo Alabama ⓘ
geologicalOrigin eroded roots of ancient mountains ⓘ
hasFeature Fall Line marking boundary with Atlantic Coastal Plain ⓘ
importantFor agriculture in the southeastern United States ⓘ
historical development of mill and factory towns along the Fall Line ⓘ
knownFor red clay soils in the southern Piedmont ⓘ
liesBetween Appalachian Mountains ⓘ
Atlantic coastal plain ⓘ
surface form: Atlantic Coastal Plain
locatedIn Eastern United States ⓘ
surface form: eastern United States
nameEtymology Piedmont region of Italy ⓘ
surface form: from Italian "Piemonte" meaning "foot of the mountains"
partOf United States physiographic regions system ⓘ
surface form: Eastern United States physiographic divisions
passesThrough Alabama ⓘ
Delaware ⓘ
Georgia ⓘ
Maryland ⓘ
New Jersey, United States ⓘ
surface form: New Jersey

North Carolina ⓘ
Pennsylvania ⓘ
South Carolina ⓘ
Virginia ⓘ
physiographicProvinceOf Appalachian Highlands division ⓘ
surface form: Appalachian Highlands
terrainType gently rolling plateau ⓘ
underlainBy igneous rocks ⓘ
metamorphic rocks ⓘ

Referenced by (71)

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Randolph County, Alabama → locatedIn → Piedmont region ⓘ
Leesburg → region → Piedmont region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Piedmont
Eden, North Carolina → locatedInRegion → Piedmont region ⓘ
Bull Run Mountains → partOf → Piedmont region ⓘ
Georgia Gold Belt → geologicalSetting → Piedmont region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Piedmont province
Catawba → traditionalRegion → Piedmont region ⓘ
Millstone River → ecoregion → Piedmont region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Piedmont physiographic province
Mebane, North Carolina → isLocatedIn → Piedmont region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Piedmont physiographic region
Spartanburg, South Carolina → partOf → Piedmont region ⓘ
Town of Butner, North Carolina → locatedInRegion → Piedmont region ⓘ
Piedmont region of Virginia → partOf → Piedmont region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Piedmont physiographic province
Catoctin Mountain → formsBoundaryWith → Piedmont region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Piedmont region of Maryland
Po → flowsThroughRegion → Piedmont region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Piedmont
Auburn → region → Piedmont region ⓘ
subject surface form: Auburn, Alabama
this entity surface form: Piedmont region of Alabama
Carroll County, Maryland → partOf → Piedmont region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Piedmont Plateau region
South Mountain → formsBoundaryBetween → Piedmont region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Piedmont region of Maryland
Patuxent River → sourceRegion → Piedmont region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Piedmont region of Maryland
Upstate South Carolina → partOf → Piedmont region ⓘ
Green Level, North Carolina → region → Piedmont region ⓘ
Greenville County → isPartOf → Piedmont region ⓘ
Greenville–Spartanburg metropolitan area → partOf → Piedmont region ⓘ
Monroe → locatedInRegion → Piedmont region ⓘ
subject surface form: Monroe, North Carolina
Maryland Route 355 → region → Piedmont region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Piedmont region of Maryland
York County → locatedIn → Piedmont region ⓘ
subject surface form: York County, South Carolina
Haw River → locatedIn → Piedmont region ⓘ
Spartanburg County, South Carolina, United States → partOf → Piedmont region ⓘ
subject surface form: Spartanburg County, South Carolina
Ossipee, North Carolina → geographicalRegion → Piedmont region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Piedmont of the eastern United States
Walkersville, Maryland → region → Piedmont region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Piedmont region of Maryland
Hockessin, Delaware → locatedInRegion → Piedmont region ⓘ
Thurmont, Maryland → locatedInRegion → Piedmont region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Piedmont region of Maryland
Loblolly pine → nativeTo → Piedmont region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Piedmont region of the United States
Gaston County → locatedIn → Piedmont region ⓘ
Piedmont Atlantic region → namedAfter → Piedmont region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Piedmont physiographic region
Piedmont Atlantic region → overlapsWith → Piedmont region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Piedmont region of the Eastern United States
Waxhaws region → locatedIn → Piedmont region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Piedmont physiographic region
Interstate 26 (nearby) → regionServed → Piedmont region ⓘ
subject surface form: Interstate 26
Charlotte–Concord–Gastonia metropolitan area → partOf → Piedmont region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Piedmont region of the United States
Cumberland Township, Pennsylvania → locatedInPhysiographicRegion → Piedmont region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Piedmont region of Pennsylvania
York County, South Carolina → partOf → Piedmont region ⓘ
Catawba Indian Nation → traditionalTerritory → Piedmont region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Piedmont region of the Carolinas
Piedmont Province in Pennsylvania → partOf → Piedmont region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Piedmont physiographic province
Piedmont Province in Pennsylvania → contains → Piedmont region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Piedmont Lowland section
Piedmont Province in Pennsylvania → contains → Piedmont region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Piedmont Upland section
Piedmont (North Carolina) → geologicalProvince → Piedmont region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Piedmont physiographic province
Dan River → region → Piedmont region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Piedmont
Sourland Mountains → partOf → Piedmont region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Piedmont physiographic province
Sourlands region → partOf → Piedmont region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Piedmont physiographic province
Sandhills region of North Carolina → borders → Piedmont region ⓘ
this entity surface form: North Carolina Piedmont
Tallapoosa River → crosses → Piedmont region ⓘ
South Branch Patapsco River → locatedIn → Piedmont region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Piedmont region of Maryland