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Appalachian Mountains
plural noun
- a mountain range in E North America, extending from S Quebec province to N Alabama. Highest peak, Mt. Mitchell, 6,684 feet (2,037 meters).
Appalachian Mountains
plural noun
- a mountain system of E North America, extending from Quebec province in Canada to central Alabama in the US: contains rich deposits of anthracite, bitumen, and iron ore. Highest peak: Mount Mitchell, 2038 m (6684 ft)
Appalachian Mountains
- Mountain chain in the eastern United States, extending from the valley of the St. Lawrence River in Quebec , Canada , to the coastal plain of the Gulf of Mexico in Alabama .
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The spine of the Appalachian Mountains is being obliterated to gouge out the seams of black coal.
She grew up in Carrollton, a small town in at the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains in west Georgia.
From its position at the foot of the Appalachian Mountains this moderately elevated plain is termed the Piedmont plateau.
Next comes the mineral belt, covering the low foot-hills of the Appalachian Mountains.
There may be safety over the Appalachian Mountains, but there can be none on our sea-coast.
The site of the Appalachian Mountains was, millions of years ago, the bottom of a shallow sea.
Soils of this kind, which are usually rich, are common in many limestone valleys of the Appalachian Mountains.
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