Advanced Geography . Century Plants, The Appalachianhighland consists ofseveral regions whichmaybe named as follows: The Old Appalachianrange, — including theNew England highland, the Blue ridge, the Carolina highland, and other ridges havingvarious names. The Piedmont Belt. The word piedmont means foot of .themountains, and is here applied to the rolling or hilly land alongthe eastern foot of the Old Appalachian range. The Great Valley, ?— a long and narrow lowland on the west ofthe Old Appalachian range. The Allegheny ridges, — rising on the west of the GreatValley. The Allegheny pl

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Advanced Geography . Century Plants, The Appalachianhighland consists ofseveral regions whichmaybe named as follows: The Old Appalachianrange, — including theNew England highland, the Blue ridge, the Carolina highland, and other ridges havingvarious names. The Piedmont Belt. The word piedmont means foot of .themountains, and is here applied to the rolling or hilly land alongthe eastern foot of the Old Appalachian range. The Great Valley, ?— a long and narrow lowland on the west ofthe Old Appalachian range. The Allegheny ridges, — rising on the west of the GreatValley. The Allegheny plateau, — a broad upland region next on thenorthwest. The boundaries of these regions are shown by lightly-dotted lineson the map. See page 32. Note : The large island of Newfound-land, though beyond the gulf of , may be treated as part ofthe Appalachian highland. This islandhas sunk partly beneath the sea, makinga very broken coastline. In the oceansoutheast of the island are shallowplaces known as the banks of New-found

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