Blue Ridge province

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mountain range region physiographic province

The Blue Ridge province is a mountainous physiographic region of the eastern United States characterized by some of the oldest, highly deformed crystalline rocks of the Appalachian Mountains.

Aliases (2)
Statements (47)
Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain range region →
physiographic province →
characterizedBy highly deformed crystalline rocks →
narrow ridges and steep slopes →
rugged topography →
some of the oldest rocks in the Appalachian Mountains →
contains Black Mountains (North Carolina) →
Blue Ridge Mountains →
Blue Ridge Parkway corridor →
Great Smoky Mountains →
Roan Highlands →
Shenandoah National Park region →
country United States →
dominantRockType igneous rock →
metamorphic rock →
drainageTo Atlantic Ocean watershed →
Gulf of Mexico watershed →
extendsThrough Georgia →
Maryland →
New Jersey →
New York →
North Carolina →
Pennsylvania →
South Carolina →
Tennessee →
Virginia →
West Virginia →
northern Georgia →
southern Pennsylvania →
western North Carolina →
geologicAge Paleozoic →
Precambrian →
geologicProvinceOf Appalachian Highlands →
hasEconomicActivity forestry →
outdoor recreation →
tourism →
highestPoint Mount Mitchell →
highestPointElevation 2037 meters →
6684 feet →
knownFor biodiversity →
scenic mountain landscapes →
locatedIn eastern United States →
orogeny Appalachian orogeny →
partOf Appalachian Mountains →
physiographicDivisionOf Appalachian Highlands division →
separatedFrom Piedmont province →
Valley and Ridge province →
Referenced by (3)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Valley and Ridge Province ("Blue Ridge Province") →
boundedBy
Gilmer County, Georgia ("Blue Ridge physiographic province") →
partOf
Appalachian orogeny →
producedStructure
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