The Appalachian Mountains are a mountain range in eastern North America, extending roughly 2,050 miles from central Alabama to Newfoundland along a generally southwest-to-northeast axis. Their highest peak is 6,684-foot Mount Mitchell, part of the Black Mountains subrange within the larger Blue Ridge Mountains, and the range even reaches Saint Pierre and Miquelon, an overseas French territory, so that it technically spans portions of three countries. It is geologically related to the Scottish Highlands, the Atlas Mountains and the Scandinavian Mountains, all originally joined as the ancient Central Pangean Mountains before plate tectonics tore them apart.
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The Appalachians extend north to Newfoundland, Canada.
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The Appalachians run from central Alabama in the United States.
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The modern Appalachians were created by a series of three distinct orogenies beginning about 480 million years ago.
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The Appalachian Mountains are a vast mountain range situated in eastern North America, extending roughly 2,050 miles (3,300 km) from central Alabama to Newfoundland along a generally southwest-northeast axis.
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The range's highest peak is 6,684-foot (2,037 m) Mount Mitchell in the Black Mountains subrange of North Carolina, which themselves are part of the larger Blue Ridge Mountains.
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Appalachian Mountains (Wikipedia)
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The Appalachian Mountains are a vast mountain range situated in eastern North America, extending roughly 2,050 miles (3,300 km) from central Alabama to Newfoundland along a generally southwest-northeast axis.
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The Appalachian Mountains are a vast mountain range situated in eastern North America, extending roughly 2,050 miles (3,300 km) from central Alabama to Newfoundland along a generally southwest-northeast axis.
Associated With: Canada, Lead section
The Appalachian Mountains are a vast mountain range situated in eastern North America, extending roughly 2,050 miles (3,300 km) from central Alabama to Newfoundland along a generally southwest-northeast axis.
Shaped By: Orogeny, Geology section
The modern Appalachians and their relatives themselves were created by a series of three distinct orogenies beginning approximately 480 million years ago.
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