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Appalachian Plateau
Series of rugged dissected plateaus in the eastern United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Appalachian Plateau is a series of rugged dissected plateaus located on the western side of the Appalachian Mountains. The Appalachian Mountains are a range that run from Nova Scotia in Canada to Alabama in the United States.
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The Appalachian Plateau is the northwestern part of the Appalachian Highlands physiographic division of the United States,[1] stretching from New York state to Alabama. The plateau is a second level United States physiographic region, covering parts of the states of New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia.