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Title: Advanced Geography
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: Alexis Everett Frye
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Publisher: Ginn & Company
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
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ther 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 St.Lawrence, 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-foundland. These banks abound incod, halibut and other kinds of fish. The ridges of the Ozark highlandresemble the Allegheny ridges. Seelesson 85 ; also map on page 32. 42 OLD APPALACHIAN RANGE.
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Old Appalachian Range and Piedmont Belt The portion of the Old Appalachian range known asthe New England highland stretches from the gulf of St.Lawrence to the Hudson river.1 This highland consistsof a broad and rolling upland, above which rise hills andmountains. The surface is also broken by many valleyshi which lakes abound. The highest group of peaks in this highland is knownas the White mountains. The Connecticut valley, with its of this region are nearly all on the seacoast or near thefalls in the rivers. Boston is the greatest seaport inthis region. The surface of the New England highland was heavily scouredby the ancient ice-sheet from the Laurentian highland. The Aveakerrocks were worn away, and rock waste was left unevenly spreadover the region. When the ice melted, the streams were held backin the scoured basins and behind the barriers of drift, or rockwaste, thus forming numerous lakes. Many of the streams werepushed aside from their old valleys and were made to flow overl

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