Appalachians (Appala`chians) , a mountainous system of N. America that stretches NE. from the tablelands of Alabama to the St. Lawrence, and includes the Alleghanies and the Blue Mountains; their utmost height, under 7000 feet; do not reach the snow-line; abound in coal and iron.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
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