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The chain formed through the collision of continental plates, approximately 500 million years ago. | The chain formed through the collision of continental plates, approximately 500 million years ago. | ||
As an older chain than the [[Rockie Mountains]], and the [[Himalayas]], the mountains are generally lower, and not as imposing. | As an older chain than the [[Rockie Mountains]], and the [[Himalayas]], the mountains are generally lower, and not as imposing. The highest peak (Mount Mitchell in North Carolina) is 6,684 feet above sea level. Nevertheless, the rugged, steep, bunched-up mountains of the Appalachians formed a barrier to European settlers hoping to move west in the early days of the[[United States of America|United States]]. | ||
In 1775 [[Daniel Boone]] led an expedition to blaze a trail across the [[Cumberland Gap]]. Forty years later a more practical route across the Appalachians was developed when a [[canal]] was built through the [[Mohawk Valley]], across [[New York (U.S. state)|New York State]], to [[Buffalo, New York]], at the eastern tip of [[Lake Erie]]. | In 1775 [[Daniel Boone]] led an expedition to blaze a trail across the [[Cumberland Gap]]. Forty years later a more practical route across the Appalachians was developed when a [[canal]] was built through the [[Mohawk Valley]], across [[New York (U.S. state)|New York State]], to [[Buffalo, New York]], at the eastern tip of [[Lake Erie]]. | ||
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The Appalachian Mountains are a chain of mountains found in North America, near its east coast. While most maps of the Appalachians, from the United States, show the chain's end in Maine (the most northeastern state in the United States), the mountain chain also extends into Quebec's Gaspe peninsula, the western edge of New Brunswick, and the western shore of the Island of Newfoundland.
The chain formed through the collision of continental plates, approximately 500 million years ago.
As an older chain than the Rockie Mountains, and the Himalayas, the mountains are generally lower, and not as imposing. The highest peak (Mount Mitchell in North Carolina) is 6,684 feet above sea level. Nevertheless, the rugged, steep, bunched-up mountains of the Appalachians formed a barrier to European settlers hoping to move west in the early days of theUnited States.
In 1775 Daniel Boone led an expedition to blaze a trail across the Cumberland Gap. Forty years later a more practical route across the Appalachians was developed when a canal was built through the Mohawk Valley, across New York State, to Buffalo, New York, at the eastern tip of Lake Erie.