Definition of appalachian mountains Appalachian mountains
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| appalachian mountains - a mountain range in the eastern United States extending from Quebec to the Gulf of Mexico; a historic barrier to early westward expansion of the United States | ||
| Appalachians, Appalachian Mountains | ||
| eastern united states, east a location in the eastern part of a country, region, or city | ||
| appalachia an impoverished coal mining area in the Appalachian Mountains (from Pennsylvania to North Carolina) | ||
| alleghenies, allegheny mountains the western part of the Appalachian Mountains; extending from northern Pennsylvania to southwestern Virginia | ||
| blue ridge, blue ridge mountains a range of the Appalachians extending from southern Pennsylvania to northern Georgia | ||
| catskill mountains, catskills a range of the Appalachians to the west of the Hudson in southeastern New York; includes many popular resort areas | ||
| cumberland mountains, cumberland plateau the southwestern part of the Appalachians | ||
| great smoky mountains part of the Appalachians between North Carolina and Tennessee | ||
| green mountains a range of the Appalachian Mountains that extends from south to north through Vermont | ||
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appalachian mountains
A system of mountains in eastern North America.
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The Appalachian Mountains (French: les Appalaches) are a large group of North American mountains. They are partly in Canada, but mostly in the United States. They form an area from 100 to 300 miles wide, running 1,500 miles from the island of Newfoundland in Canada to central Alabama in the United States. The individual mountains average around 3,000 ft (900 m) in height. The highest is Mt. Mitchell in North Carolina (6,684 ft or 2,037m). Mt. Mitchell is also the highest point in the United States east of the Mississippi River as well as the highest point in eastern North America.
The term "Appalachia" is used to refer to regions associated with the mountain range. It refers to the mountain range and the hills and plateau region around it. The term is often used to refer to just areas in the central and southern Appalachian Mountains. These areas usually include parts of the states of Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, and North Carolina, and sometimes extending as far south as northern Georgia and western South Carolina, as far north as Pennsylvania, and as far west as southeastern Ohio.
