Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Ridge-and-Valley_Appalachians

GPTKB entity

Statements (58)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	geographical region
gptkbp:borderedBy	gptkb:Appalachian_Plateau gptkb:Blue_Ridge_Mountains
gptkbp:characterizedBy	valleys long parallel ridges
gptkbp:contains	gptkb:Bald_Eagle_Mountain gptkb:Blue_Mountain_(Pennsylvania) gptkb:Great_Valley gptkb:South_Mountain_(Maryland–Pennsylvania) gptkb:Appalachian_Trail gptkb:Cumberland_Gap gptkb:Walden_Ridge gptkb:Delaware_Water_Gap gptkb:Interstate_81 gptkb:Hawk's_Nest gptkb:Kittatinny_Ridge gptkb:Tuscarora_Mountain
gptkbp:drainedBy	gptkb:Delaware_River gptkb:Potomac_River gptkb:Cumberland_River gptkb:James_River gptkb:Susquehanna_River gptkb:Tennessee_River gptkb:Coosa_River
gptkbp:extendsTo	gptkb:Alabama gptkb:Georgia gptkb:Kentucky gptkb:Maryland gptkb:New_Jersey gptkb:New_York gptkb:North_Carolina gptkb:Ohio gptkb:Pennsylvania gptkb:Tennessee gptkb:Virginia gptkb:West_Virginia
gptkbp:formedBy	folding and faulting
gptkbp:geologicalAge	Paleozoic
gptkbp:highestPoint	gptkb:Lookout_Mountain
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians
gptkbp:knownFor	coal mining agricultural valleys distinctive topography
gptkbp:length	about 1,200 miles
gptkbp:locatedIn	eastern United States
gptkbp:notableFor	gptkb:Cumberland_Valley gptkb:Great_Appalachian_Valley gptkb:Tennessee_Valley gptkb:Shenandoah_Valley
gptkbp:notablePeak	gptkb:Cumberland_Mountain gptkb:Allegheny_Mountain gptkb:Lookout_Mountain gptkb:Shawangunk_Ridge
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:Appalachian_Mountains
gptkbp:width	about 25 to 80 miles
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Appalachian_Plateau gptkb:Shenandoah_Valley
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5