the Appalachian Mountains
noun[plural]
uk/ˌæp.əˌleɪ.ʃən ˈmaʊn.tɪnz/us/ˌæp.əˌleɪ.tʃən ˈmaʊn.tənz//ˌæp.əˌlæ.tʃɪn ˈmaʊn.tənz/(alsothe Appalachians)alargegroupofmountainsinNorthAmericathatrunsthrough manyeasternstatesandprovincesof the US and Canada:
We're stilltalkingabout ablizzardsetting up throughpartsof the AppalachianMountains.
Thesemusicalculturescollidedin theremotecommunitiesof the Appalachians,meldedtogether anddevelopedinto a newsound.
- Meteorologists arecloselywatchingawinterstormexpectedtodevelopover thesouthernAppalachians.
- Environmentalists and othergroupsprotestthedamagestripmineshave on thesurface,especiallyin the AppalachianMountains.
- Thefoothillsof the Appalachians make analluringbackdrop, but therealityon thegroundisgrim.
Geography: hills & mountains
- acclivity
- craggy
- escarpment
- esker
- highlands
- Marilyn
- mesa
- mid-ocean ridge
- motte
- Mount Kilimanjaro
- pinnacle
- precipitous
- scarp
- slope
- spur
- steep
- the Adirondack Mountains
- the Alaska Range
- the Alps
- the Andes