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After the European discovery of North America in the 15th century, European nations competed to establish colonies on the continent. In the late 16th century, the area claimed by England was well defined along the coast, but was very roughly marked in the west, extending from 34 to 48 degrees north latitude, or from the vicinity of Cape Fear in present-day North Carolina well into Acadia.
[b] But a few major rivers, such as the Delaware River, the Susquehanna River, the New River, and the Potomac River, are evidently older than the present mountains, having cut water gaps that are perpendicular to hard strata ridges. The evidence points to a wearing down of the entire region (the original mountains) to a low level with little ...
Brierfield Gap on Virginia-Kentucky border near Hagan, Virginia; Maple's Gap on the Wise County/Scott County border; Middleton Gap north of Falling Waters Gap; Falling Waters Gap on Virginia-Kentucky border north of Rose Hill, Virginia; Cumberland Gap, elevation 1,600 feet, central feature of Cumberland Gap National Historical Park; Chadwell ...
Brush Mountain; Cameron Mountain; Carter's Mountain; Chicken Mountain; Clark's Mountain; Cowherd Mountain; Dowell Mountain; Gibson Mountain; Goodloe Mountain
Yadkin River (NC) Ararat River. Stewarts Creek. ... (North Carolina–Virginia) Little River (North River tributary) ... USGS Hydrologic Unit Map – State of ...
Cities with populations of less than 50,000 are eligible to become towns through reversion. [2] The newest town and newest former town are Bedford in Bedford County, which ceased to be an independent city in 2013, and St. Charles in Lee County, which disincorporated in 2022. [3] For a complete list of independent cities, see List of cities in ...
The Virginia Piedmont is largely characterized by rolling hills and numerous ridges near the boundary with the Blue Ridge Mountains. Lying between the mountain and coastal plain regions, the Piedmont region is a naturally diverse landscape. [2] The bedrock consists mostly of gneiss, schist, and granite rocks at a typical depth of between 2 and ...
The North of England includes the country's highest mountains, in the Lake District of Cumbria. This was one of the first national parks to be established in the United Kingdom, in 1951. The highest peak is Scafell Pike, 978 m (3,209 ft) above sea level, and at least three other summits exceed 3,000 feet or 914.4 metres making them Furth Munros.