阿帕拉契山脈
北美洲東部的山系
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阿帕拉契山脈（英語：Appalachian Mountains，發音：
i/ˌæpəˈleɪʃ(i)ən/ AP-ə-LAY-sh(ee-)ən），又譯阿巴拉契亞山脈，是北美洲東部的一座山系。南起美國的阿拉巴馬州，北至加拿大的紐芬蘭和拉布拉多省。最北部餘脈則延伸到魁北克的加斯佩地區。平均海拔910米（3000呎）。最高峰在北卡羅萊納州的米切爾峰（2037米）。
| 阿帕拉契山脈 | |
|---|---|
 The Appalachian Mountains in the background with Penns Valley in Pennsylvania in the foreground, October 2021 | |
 Appalachian Mountains including US and Canadian portions.[翻譯請求] | |
| 別名 | Appalachian Mountains |
| 最高點 | |
| 山峰 | Mount Mitchell, North Carolina |
| 海拔 | 6,684呎（2,037米） |
| 規模 | |
| 長度 | 2,050哩（3,300公里） |
| 地理 | |
| 國家 | 美國, 加拿大 and 法國[a] (其海外屬地)[1] |
| 省/ 州 | Newfoundland and Labrador[2][3], Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Québec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Washington, D.C., Delaware, Virginia, West Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, 佐治亞州 and 阿拉巴馬 |
| 地質 | |
| 造山運動 | Grenvillle, Taconic, Acadian, Alleghanian |
| 岩石年代 | Mesoproterozoic era (Stenian period) [4]– Paleozoic era (Permian period); 1.2 billion years ago to 300 million years ago |
構成阿帕拉契山脈的有紐芬蘭省的長嶺山、魁北克的聖母山、緬因州的朗費羅山、新罕布夏州的懷特山、佛蒙特州的綠山山脈、塔科尼克山脈；馬薩諸塞州的伯克希爾山脈；跨賓夕法尼亞州、馬里蘭州和西佛吉尼亞州三州的阿勒格尼山脈；跨賓夕法尼亞州、馬里蘭州、西維珍尼亞州以及弗吉尼亞州四州的阿帕拉契嶺谷。還有從賓夕法尼亞州南部到佐治亞州北部的藍嶺山脈。
註釋
- ^ France maintains governmental control of eight small islands off the southern coast of Newfoundland, Canada, named Saint Pierre and Miquelon. Newfoundland is generally considered the northernmost point of the Appalachian range. Therefore, the Appalachians run through the lone remaining North American territory of France.
參考資料
- ^ Saint Pierre and Miquelon. World Factbook. [August 15, 2023]. （原始內容存檔於2021-02-02）.
the islands are actually part of the northern Appalachians along with Newfoundland
- ^ International Appalachian Trail- Newfoundland. Iatnl.ca. [November 6, 2010]. （原始內容存檔於June 4, 2010）.
- ^ Cees R. van Staal, Mineral Deposits of Canada: Regional Metallogeny: Pre-Carboniferous tectonic evolution and metallogeny of the Canadian Appalachians 互聯網檔案館的存檔，存檔日期March 11, 2009，., Geological Survey of Canada website
- ^ Thomas, William A.; Hatcher, Jr., Robert D. Southern-Central Appalachians-Ouachitas Orogen. Encyclopedia of Geology. 2021, 4 –透過Elsevier Science Direct.
The foundations of the Appalachian-Ouachita orogen were laid when the assembly of supercontinent Rodinia was completed. The collisional events were accompanied by high-grade metamorphism and magmatism during the Grenville orogeny in the time span of 1300–950 Ma.