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  2. Potomac Highlands - Wikipedia

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    The Potomac Highlands of West Virginia (or simply the Potomac Highlands) (listen ⓘ) centers on five West Virginian counties (Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Mineral, and Pendleton) in the upper Potomac River watershed in the western portion of the state's eastern panhandle, bordering Maryland and Virginia.

  3. Geology of West Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Geologic Map of West Virginia. West Virginia's geologic history stretches back into the Precambrian, and includes several periods of mountain building and erosion. At times, much of what is now West Virginia was covered by swamps, marshlands, and shallow seas, accounting for the wide variety of sedimentary rocks found in the state, as well as its wealth of coal and natural gas deposits.

  4. West Virginia Route 28 - Wikipedia

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    West Virginia Route 28 is a north–south route through the Potomac Highlands of the U.S. state of West Virginia. The southern terminus of the route is at West Virginia Route 39 in Huntersville . The northern terminus is at the Maryland state line in Wiley Ford , where the route continues into Cumberland as Canal Parkway upon crossing the North ...

  5. List of West Virginia state forests - Wikipedia

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    West Virginia contains a network of eight state forests that help to protect over 70,000 acres (28,000 ha) of wooded lands in the state. Most of the forests are managed by the West Virginia Division of Forestry, although Kanawha State Forest is managed as a state park by the Division of Natural Resources.

  6. Environment of West Virginia - Wikipedia

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    West Virginia is situated in the Appalachian Mountains of the Upper South region of the 48 contiguous states. Usually considered part of the South Eastern United States, West Virginia is bounded on the northeast by Pennsylvania and Maryland, on the southeast by Virginia, on the northwest by Ohio, and on the southwest by Kentucky.

  7. Ice Mountain - Wikipedia

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    [4] [6] [9] [13] Ice Mountain lies on the west side of the Timber Mountain anticline and to the west of North Mountain fault, which places it on the Martinsburg allochthonous sheet. [4] Ice Mountain is situated along North River and is known for the several hundred yards of ice that form at its base all year long.

  8. Coal camps in McDowell County, West Virginia - Wikipedia

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    The coal mining communities, or coal towns of McDowell County, West Virginia were situated to exploit the area's rich coal seams. Many of these towns were located in deep ravines that afforded direct access to the coal through the hillsides, allowing mined coal to be dropped or conveyed downhill to railway lines at the valley floor. [1]

  9. McClintic Wildlife Management Area - Wikipedia

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    The Clifton F. McClintic Wildlife Management Area, known locally as "the TNT area", [4] is a naturalized area located in Mason County about 5 miles (8 km) north of Point Pleasant, West Virginia. Located on 3,655 acres (1,479 ha) of former wartime industrial land, the WMA is occupied by farmland , woodlands , and wetlands encompassing 31 ponds ...