Appalachian Highlands division

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physiographic division physiographic region

The Appalachian Highlands division is a major physiographic region of eastern North America characterized by ancient, eroded mountains, plateaus, and valleys extending from Canada to the southern United States.

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All labels observed (11)

Label Occurrences
Appalachian Highlands 19
Southern Appalachian Mountains 6
central Appalachian Mountains 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf physiographic division ⓘ
physiographic region ⓘ
characterizedBy ancient mountains ⓘ
eroded mountains ⓘ
plateaus ⓘ
valleys ⓘ
contains Appalachian Plateau ⓘ
surface form: Allegheny Plateau

Appalachian Mountains ⓘ
Cumberland Plateau region ⓘ
surface form: Cumberland Plateau

Great Valley ⓘ
New England Upland ⓘ
surface form: New England Uplands
continent North America ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
drainageTo Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Gulf of Mexico ⓘ
Saint Lawrence River ⓘ
surface form: St. Lawrence River
extendsFrom Canada ⓘ
extendsTo Southern United States ⓘ
surface form: southern United States
geologicAge Paleozoic ⓘ
geologicComposition igneous rocks ⓘ
metamorphic rocks ⓘ
sedimentary rocks ⓘ
geomorphicProcess long-term erosion ⓘ
uplift ⓘ
highestPeakRegion Mount Mitchell State Park ⓘ
surface form: Mount Mitchell area
includes Appalachian Plateau ⓘ
surface form: Appalachian Plateaus Province

Blue Ridge province ⓘ
surface form: Blue Ridge Province

Province of New England (Episcopal Church) ⓘ
surface form: New England Province

Piedmont Province ⓘ
St. Lawrence Valley ⓘ
surface form: St. Lawrence Valley Province

Valley and Ridge Province ⓘ
locatedIn eastern North America ⓘ
notedFor dissected plateaus ⓘ
folded sedimentary rocks ⓘ
igneous intrusions ⓘ
metamorphic rocks ⓘ
orientation northeast-southwest trend ⓘ
orogeny Appalachian orogeny ⓘ
partOf United States physiographic regions ⓘ
physiographicClassificationBy United States physiographic regions system ⓘ
surface form: Fenneman physiographic system

United States Geological Survey ⓘ
physiographicSystem Appalachian Mountains ⓘ
surface form: Appalachian Highlands system
separatesFrom Atlantic coastal plain ⓘ
surface form: Atlantic Plain

Interior Lowlands ⓘ
surface form: Central Lowland

Interior Plains ⓘ
spans multiple Canadian provinces ⓘ
multiple U.S. states ⓘ

Referenced by (35)

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

Blue Ridge province → geologicProvinceOf → Appalachian Highlands division ⓘ
this entity surface form: Appalachian Highlands
Blue Ridge province → physiographicDivisionOf → Appalachian Highlands division ⓘ
Piedmont Plateau → partOf → Appalachian Highlands division ⓘ
this entity surface form: Appalachian Highlands
Catoctin Mountain → geologicalProvince → Appalachian Highlands division ⓘ
this entity surface form: Appalachian Highlands
Northern New England → containsSubregion → Appalachian Highlands division ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Appalachia
Allegheny Front → locatedIn → Appalachian Highlands division ⓘ
this entity surface form: central Appalachian Mountains
New England Upland → partOf → Appalachian Highlands division ⓘ
this entity surface form: Appalachian Highlands
Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians → physiographicDivisionOf → Appalachian Highlands division ⓘ
this entity surface form: Appalachian Highlands
Monongahela National Forest → locatedInEcoregion → Appalachian Highlands division ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central Appalachian region
Pisgah National Forest vicinity → partOf → Appalachian Highlands division ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Appalachian Mountains
Shavers Mountain → ecoregion → Appalachian Highlands division ⓘ
this entity surface form: central Appalachian highlands
Piedmont region → physiographicProvinceOf → Appalachian Highlands division ⓘ
this entity surface form: Appalachian Highlands
Breakneck Ridge → partOf → Appalachian Highlands division ⓘ
this entity surface form: Appalachian Highlands
Amity, New York → locatedInPhysiographicRegion → Appalachian Highlands division ⓘ
this entity surface form: Appalachian Highlands
Northeastern North America → includesPartOf → Appalachian Highlands division ⓘ
this entity surface form: Appalachian region
Piedmont Province in Pennsylvania → partOf → Appalachian Highlands division ⓘ
this entity surface form: Appalachian Highlands
High Knob → locatedInMountainRange → Appalachian Highlands division ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central Appalachians
Appalachian mixed mesophytic forests → locatedIn → Appalachian Highlands division ⓘ
this entity surface form: central Appalachian Mountains
Tri-Cities Regional Airport → regionServed → Appalachian Highlands division ⓘ
this entity surface form: Appalachian Highlands
New Jersey Highlands and Piedmont transition zone → partOf → Appalachian Highlands division ⓘ
this entity surface form: Appalachian Highlands region
Lee County, Virginia → isPartOf → Appalachian Highlands division ⓘ
this entity surface form: Appalachian Highlands
Cumberland Plateau transition areas → partOf → Appalachian Highlands division ⓘ
this entity surface form: Appalachian Highlands
Carter County, Tennessee → locatedIn → Appalachian Highlands division ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Appalachian Mountains
Unaka Mountains → partOf → Appalachian Highlands division ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Appalachian Mountains
North Fork South Branch Potomac River → locatedIn → Appalachian Highlands division ⓘ
this entity surface form: Appalachian Highlands
Bald Mountains → locatedIn → Appalachian Highlands division ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Appalachian Mountains
Bald Mountains → partOf → Appalachian Highlands division ⓘ
this entity surface form: Appalachian Highlands
Town of Hurley, New York → locatedInPhysiographicProvince → Appalachian Highlands division ⓘ
this entity surface form: Appalachian Highlands
Clay County, Alabama → locatedInPhysiographicRegion → Appalachian Highlands division ⓘ
this entity surface form: Appalachian Highlands
Smoky Mountains foothills → locatedIn → Appalachian Highlands division ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Appalachian Mountains
Little Long Pond → isWithin → Appalachian Highlands division ⓘ
subject surface form: Little Long Pond (Harriman State Park)
this entity surface form: Appalachian Highlands ecoregion
Roan Highlands → partOf → Appalachian Highlands division ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Appalachian Mountains
Warrensburg, New York → locatedInPhysiographicProvince → Appalachian Highlands division ⓘ
this entity surface form: Appalachian Highlands
Sloatsburg, New York → locatedIn → Appalachian Highlands division ⓘ
this entity surface form: Appalachian Highlands
Mount Frissell → isPartOf → Appalachian Highlands division ⓘ
this entity surface form: Appalachian Highlands