Brochure Physical and Human Geography (Appalachian Mountains).pdf

Brochure de las montañas apalaches describiendo su lugar, demografica posicion geografica, economia, fauna y flora.

1. CONCLUSION
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BIBLIOGRAPHIC
FACULTY OF HUMANITIES AND SCIENCE
OF EDUCATION
BACHELOR’S DEGREE IN ENGLISH
English History and Culture
UNIT I. Physical and Human Geography
(Appalachian Mountains)
Authors: Joselyn Agrazal
Tutor: Yeiny Edith Rivera Rios
REPUBLIC OF PANAMA, june 01, 2024
METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY
OF EDUCATION
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
"UMECIT" Executive Decree N'575 of July 21, 2004.
Accredited by Resolution No.15 of October 31, 2012
The springtime profusion of flowering wild
azalea, rhododendron, and laurel is a major
tourist attraction in the Appalachians,
beginning in the south in April and spreading
northward. In autumn the pattern is
reversed, as the brilliant coloration of the
foliage moves from north to south. Motoring,
hiking, camping, fishing, skiing, whitewater
rafting, and spelunking are encouraged
throughout the Appalachians, as are visits to
numerous craft centres and historic sites.
Famous spas are reminders of more leisurely
days in both the northern and southern
mountains, while conference facilities and
theme parks reflect a growing emphasis on
tourism, with its attendant benefits and its
problems of environmental stress.
Most of this mountain is covered with
forests and not glaciers, in contrast to
the highest peaks of other mountain
ranges, such as the Alps and the
Himalayas.
The Appalachian mountain range is rich in
biological diversity thanks to the variety
of climates and terrains in which it is
located.
It is known to be the oldest mountain
range in North America, and one of the
oldest on Earth.

2. The Appalachians are among the oldest
mountains on Earth, born of powerful upheavals
within the terrestrial crust and sculpted by the
ceaseless action of water upon the surface. The
two types of rock that characterize the present
Appalachian ranges tell much of the story of the
mountains’ long existence. The system may be
divided into three large physiographic regions:
northern, central, and southern Appalachia.
These include such mountains as, in the
northern area, the Shickshocks and the Notre
Dame ranges in Quebec; the Long Range on the
island of Newfoundland; the great monadnock.
MAJOR MOUNTAIN
AND RIVER SYSTEMS
CLIMATE
Appalachian Mountains, great highland
system of North America, the eastern
counterpart of the Rocky Mountains.
Extending for almost 2,000 miles (3,200
km) from the Canadian province of
Newfoundland and Labrador to central
Alabama in the United States, the
Appalachian Mountains form a natural
barrier between the eastern Coastal Plain
and the vast Interior Lowlands of North
America. As a result, they have played a
vital role in the settlement and
development of the entire continent. They
combine a heritage of natural beauty and a
distinctive regional culture with
contemporary problems of economic
deprivation and environmental
deterioration.
INTRODUCTION
sharp contrasts. In the Canadian ranges and
the Presidential Range of the White
Mountains, Arctic and subarctic conditions
prevail. Elevations below 2,000 feet usually
have milder weather in the hills of
northwestern Georgia and northeastern and
north-central Alabama. Snowfall is heaviest
in the Shickshocks, Newfoundland’s Long
Range, and the White Mountains, but Mount
Mitchell in North Carolina has recorded more
than 100 inches in a single year.
CULTURAL AND
ECONOMIC REGIONS
Despite the early arrival of the lumber
industry and the opening of the coal mines,
some areas of Appalachia remained isolated
until early in the 20th century, notably those
mountain areas of the southern region
where rough terrain hindered road building.
As a consequence, Southern Appalachian
highlanders developed a distinctive culture
characterized by handicrafts, ballads,
folklore, and mores that reflect both the
massive problems and the rich potential of
the region.