Piedmont Plateau

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physiographic region plateau upland region

The Piedmont Plateau is a broad, gently rolling upland region in the eastern United States that lies between the Atlantic Coastal Plain and the Appalachian Mountains.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Piedmont Plateau canonical 5
Piedmont plateau 4
Appalachian Piedmont 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf physiographic region ⓘ
plateau ⓘ
upland region ⓘ
adjacentTo Blue Ridge Mountains ⓘ
borders Appalachian Mountains ⓘ
Atlantic coastal plain ⓘ
surface form: Atlantic Coastal Plain
climate humid continental to transitional in the north ⓘ
humid subtropical in the south ⓘ
contains Atlanta urban area ⓘ
surface form: Atlanta metropolitan area

Charlotte metropolitan area ⓘ
Piedmont Triad ⓘ
Raleigh–Durham area ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
crossedBy Chattahoochee River ⓘ
James River ⓘ
Potomac River ⓘ
Roanoke River ⓘ
Savannah River ⓘ
economicUse agriculture ⓘ
forestry ⓘ
urban development ⓘ
elevationRange approximately 90 to 300 meters above sea level ⓘ
examplesOfFallLineCities Columbia, South Carolina ⓘ
Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
extendsFrom New Jersey, United States ⓘ
surface form: New Jersey
extendsTo Alabama ⓘ
geologicalComposition igneous rocks ⓘ
metamorphic rocks ⓘ
sedimentary rocks ⓘ
geologicalHistory formed from ancient folded and metamorphosed rocks of early mountain-building events ⓘ
hasFeature fall-line cities along its eastern edge ⓘ
knownFor fertile soils in many areas ⓘ
numerous rivers and streams ⓘ
locatedIn Eastern United States ⓘ
surface form: eastern United States
nameEtymology derived from Italian "piemonte" meaning "foothill" ⓘ
partOf Appalachian Highlands division ⓘ
surface form: Appalachian Highlands
passesThrough Alabama ⓘ
Georgia ⓘ
Maryland ⓘ
New Jersey, United States ⓘ
surface form: New Jersey

North Carolina ⓘ
Pennsylvania ⓘ
South Carolina ⓘ
Virginia ⓘ
physiographicProvinceOf Appalachian Mountains ⓘ
surface form: Appalachian Mountains region
relativeLocation east of the Appalachian Mountains ⓘ
west of the Atlantic Coastal Plain ⓘ
separatedFrom Atlantic Coastal Plain by the Fall Line ⓘ
terrain broad upland ⓘ
gently rolling hills ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

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

Person County, North Carolina → locatedInCountrySubdivision → Piedmont Plateau ⓘ
Georgia → hasGeographicalFeature → Piedmont Plateau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Piedmont plateau
Atlantic coastal plain → borderedBy → Piedmont Plateau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Piedmont physiographic province
Randolph County, Alabama → partOf → Piedmont Plateau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Appalachian Piedmont
Newton, North Carolina → locatedInPhysiographicProvince → Piedmont Plateau ⓘ
Rock Creek Park → locatedOnTerrainFeature → Piedmont Plateau ⓘ
Gainesville, Georgia → locatedOn → Piedmont Plateau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Piedmont plateau
Western Shore of Maryland → hasLandform → Piedmont Plateau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Piedmont plateau
Tuskegee National Forest → locatedOn → Piedmont Plateau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Piedmont plateau of Alabama
Waxhaws region → locatedInRegion → Piedmont Plateau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Carolina Piedmont
Anderson County, South Carolina → isPartOfPhysiographicProvince → Piedmont Plateau ⓘ
Sawnee Mountain Preserve → terrain → Piedmont Plateau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Piedmont plateau
Skippack Creek → ecoregion → Piedmont Plateau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Piedmont Uplands
Glenn Dale, Maryland → locatedInRegion → Piedmont Plateau ⓘ