大阿帕拉契山谷,又名大山谷或大山谷區域,是北美洲東部一處大型的地貌形態。它是由一系列山谷低地構成的巨型地槽,附屬並以阿帕拉契亞山係為中心特徵。該地槽北起加拿大的魁北克省,南至美國阿拉巴馬州,綿延1200英里,自史前時期以來便是一條重要的南北交通要道。
地理特徵
廣義上說,大阿帕拉契山谷標記美國阿帕拉契山脈山谷地文區的東部邊界,這兒包含許多諸如謝南多厄河谷這樣的區域。從宏觀尺度上看,大阿帕拉契山谷可分為南、北兩大區域。
歷史
交通
文化
大阿帕拉契山谷是整個阿帕拉契文化的核心地區,尤其是在中南部。
參考文獻
- Appalachian Topography – Paleontological Research Institution
- Appalachian Mountains – Columbia Gazetteer of North America
- USGS – Valley and Ridge Province
- Pennsylvania Geology Map(頁面存檔備份,存於互聯網檔案館)
- Geological Structure of Pennsylvania
- Drake, Richard B. (2001), A History of Appalachia. Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 0-8131-2169-8
- Kercheval, Samuel (1850), A History of the Valley of Virginia, Woodstock, Virginia – History (much of it anecdotal) of the colonial Virginia northern frontier
- Meinig, D.W. (1986), The Shaping of America – A Geographical Perspective on 500 Years of History, Volume 1 – Atlantic America, 1492–1800. New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-03882-8
- Williams, John Alexander (2002), Appalachia – A History. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 0-8078-5368-276
參見
- Martinsburg Formation
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