Piedmont (United States)

The James River winds its way among Piedmont hills in central Virginia. Most of the hills in the Piedmont region are smaller than these.
The Piedmont Plateau, looking east from Rocky Ridge in Maryland, c. 1898
The Piedmont plateau region (shaded)

The Piedmont is a plateau area in the Eastern United States. It is located between the Atlantic coastal plain and the main Appalachian Mountains. The plateu goes from New York in the north to Alabama in the south. The Piedmont Province is a physiographic province of the larger Appalachian division/ It is made up of the Gettysburg-Newark Lowlands, the Piedmont Upland and the Piedmont Lowlands.[1]

  1. "Physiographic divisions of the conterminous U. S." U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved December 6, 2007.

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