appalachian mountains
Noun
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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 (synset 109224179)is an instance of: chain, chain of mountains, mountain chain, mountain range, range, range of mountains - a series of hills or mountainshas:- 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
- taconic mountains - a range of the Appalachian Mountains along the eastern border of New York with Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Vermont
is a part of: east, eastern united states - the region of the United States lying to the north of the Ohio River and to the east of the Mississippi Riversame as: appalachians
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