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3 unusual facts about Appalachian Plateau


Appalachian Plateau

The main physiographic sections (generally ordered from the northeast to the southwest) of the plateau are named the Mohawk section, the Catskill section, the southern New York section, the Allegheny Plateau section, the Kanawha section, the Cumberland Plateau section, and the Cumberland Mountains section.

Maryland Route 135

MD 135 is the main link between the towns of Oakland, Mountain Lake Park, Loch Lynn Heights, and Deer Park on the Appalachian Plateau and the communities of Bloomington, Luke, Westernport, and McCoole in the upper valley of the Potomac River.

Steps of Pittsburgh

According to author Martin Aurand, Pittsburgh “lies unevenly on unruly land.” The city is located at the confluence of two rivers which cut through elevated land of the Appalachian Plateau.



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