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.
Appalachian Plateau province of Appalachian Highlands division.
Child coal miners in Gary, West Virginia in 1908
Rhododendron, a plant family common to the Appalachian Plateau
The Great Smoky Mountains in Tennessee
The Appalachian Mountains, often called the Appalachians, are a mountain range in eastern to northeastern North America. The term "Appalachian" refers to several different regions associated with the mountain range, and its surrounding terrain. The general definition used is one followed by the United States Geological Survey and the Geological Survey of Canada to describe the respective countries' physiographic regions. The U.S. uses the term Appalachian Highlands and Canada uses the term Appalachian Uplands; the Appalachian Mountains are not synonymous with the Appalachian Plateau, which is one of the provinces of the Appalachian Highlands.
The Appalachian Mountains in the background with Penns Valley in Pennsylvania in the foreground in October 2021
Appalachian Mountains broken down by physiographic division, provinces, and sections
Appalachian Highlands physiographic provinces
Appalachian Uplands of Canada's 13 divisions
