Appalachian Mountains

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long-distance hiking trail mountain range national park

The Appalachian Mountains are an ancient, heavily eroded mountain range in eastern North America known for their rich biodiversity, coal deposits, and cultural significance.

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All labels observed (29)

Label	Occurrences
Appalachian Mountains canonical	626
Appalachian Mountains region	28
Appalachian Highlands	7
Blue Ridge Mountains	7
Appalachian foothills	5
southern Appalachian Mountains	5
Appalachian region	4
Appalachian Mountain region	2
Appalachian Mountains foothills	2
Appalachian highlands	2
Appalachia	1
Appalachian Highlands of Virginia	1
Appalachian Highlands physiographic division	1
Appalachian Highlands system	1
Appalachian Mountain system	1
Appalachian Mountains (northern section)	1
Appalachian Mountains (southern section)	1
Appalachian Mountains chain	1
Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina	1
Appalachian Mountains physiographic division	1
Appalachian Mountains region of Pennsylvania	1
Appalachian high peaks	1
Appalachian mountain belt	1
Appalachian mountain range	1
Appalachians	1
Canadian Appalachians	1
Mountains of Virginia	1
Northern Appalachian Mountains	1
United States Appalachian Mountains	1

Statements (77)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	long-distance hiking trail ⓘ mountain range ⓘ national park ⓘ
approximateAge	480 million years ⓘ
biodiversityHotspot	yes ⓘ
climate	humid continental climate ⓘ humid subtropical climate ⓘ
contains	Adirondack Mountains ⓘ Allegheny Mountains ⓘ Appalachian Plateau ⓘ Appalachian Mountains self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Blue Ridge Mountains Catskill Mountains ⓘ Allegheny Mountains ⓘ surface form: Cumberland Plateau Great Smoky Mountains National Park ⓘ surface form: Great Smoky Mountains Green Mountains ⓘ Valley and Ridge Province ⓘ White Mountains ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
culturalRegion	Appalachia ⓘ
drainageBasin	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ Gulf of Mexico ⓘ Saint Lawrence River ⓘ surface form: St. Lawrence River
economicActivity	coal mining ⓘ forestry ⓘ tourism ⓘ
ecoregion	temperate broadleaf and mixed forests ⓘ
elevation	2037 meters ⓘ
extendsFrom	Newfoundland and Labrador ⓘ
extendsTo	central Alabama ⓘ
formedBy	collision of ancient continental plates ⓘ
geologicalAge	Paleozoic Era ⓘ
geologicalFeature	fold mountains ⓘ heavily eroded mountains ⓘ
highestPoint	Mount Mitchell ⓘ
influences	Appalachian folklore ⓘ Appalachian literature ⓘ Appalachian music ⓘ
knownFor	coal deposits ⓘ cultural significance ⓘ fall foliage ⓘ forested landscapes ⓘ high biodiversity ⓘ rich biodiversity ⓘ
length	about 3500 kilometers ⓘ
locatedIn	North Carolina ⓘ eastern North America ⓘ
naturalResource	coal ⓘ natural gas ⓘ timber ⓘ
orogeny	Appalachian orogeny ⓘ
parallelTo	Atlantic coast of North America ⓘ
partOf	Appalachian Mountains self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Appalachian Highlands
passesThrough	Alabama ⓘ Connecticut ⓘ Georgia ⓘ Kentucky ⓘ Maine ⓘ Maryland ⓘ Massachusetts ⓘ New Brunswick, New Jersey ⓘ surface form: New Brunswick New Hampshire ⓘ New Jersey, United States ⓘ surface form: New Jersey New York ⓘ Newfoundland and Labrador ⓘ North Carolina ⓘ Ohio ⓘ Pennsylvania ⓘ Province of Quebec ⓘ surface form: Quebec South Carolina ⓘ Tennessee ⓘ Vermont ⓘ Virginia ⓘ West Virginia ⓘ
protectedArea	Great Smoky Mountains National Park ⓘ
traversedBy	Appalachian Trail ⓘ

Referenced by (707)

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Pottsville, Pennsylvania → locatedInRegion → Appalachian Mountains ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Appalachian Mountains region

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Mahoosuc Range → partOf → Appalachian Mountains ⓘ

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