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The Appalachian temperate rainforest has a cool and mild climate and meets the criteria of temperate rainforests identified by Alaback. [1] Temperature and precipitation are extremely variable with elevation, with rainforest conditions usually but not always concentrated around spruce–fir forests at higher elevations.
The Appalachian–Blue Ridge forests are an ecoregion in the Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests Biome, in the Eastern United States. The ecoregion is located in the central and southern Appalachian Mountains , including the Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians and the Blue Ridge Mountains .
The Blue Ridge Mountains are a physiographic province of the larger Appalachian Highlands range. The mountain range is located in the Eastern United States and extends 550 miles southwest from southern Pennsylvania through Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Georgia. [1]
Western North Carolina (often abbreviated as WNC) is the region of North Carolina which includes the Appalachian Mountains; it is often known geographically as the state's Mountain Region. It contains the highest mountains in the Eastern United States, with 125 peaks rising to over 5,000 feet (1,500 meters) in elevation.
Name Sub-range Type Administrative location Highest point Elevation (meter) Coordinate location Adams Mountain: Blue Ridge Mountains: mountain: Caldwell County, North Carolina
The Blue Ridge Parkway — a popular leaf peeping destination running more than 400 miles through the mountains of North Carolina and Virginia — said the start of the annual transition varies ...
The Pisgah National Forest covers 512,758 acres (801 sq mi; 2,075 km 2) [9] of mountainous terrain in the southern Appalachian Mountains, including parts of the Blue Ridge Mountains and Great Balsam Mountains. Elevations reach over 6,000 feet (1,800 m) and include some of the highest mountains in the eastern United States.
Over three days, rain amounts of 6 inches to 30 inches or more fell across a region from north Georgia through western North Carolina, eastern Tennessee and into Virginia.