阿帕拉契山脈

北美洲東部的山系

阿帕拉契山脈(英語:Appalachian Mountains發音:聆聽i/ˌæpəˈlʃ(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加斯佩地區。平均海拔910公尺(3000英尺)。最高峰在北卡羅萊納州米切爾峰(2037)。

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英尺(2,037公尺)
規模
長度2,050英里(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, 喬治亞州 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
阿帕拉契山脈的範圍
阿帕拉契山脈的生物資源豐富,常見的動物像是松鼠、東部棉尾兔白尾鹿駝鹿東加拿大狼北美山獅美洲黑熊及圖中的野火雞

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、緬因州朗費羅山英語Longfellow Mountains新罕布夏州懷特山佛蒙特州綠山山脈塔科尼克山脈英語Taconic Mountains麻薩諸塞州伯克希爾山脈英語Berkshires;跨賓夕法尼亞州馬里蘭州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吉尼亞州以及維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喬治亞州北部的藍嶺山脈

實際上阿巴拉契高地嚴格的邊界範圍存有爭議,阿第倫達克山脈一般被認為是屬於加拿大地盾,而非阿帕拉契高地。

註釋

  1. ^ 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

  1. ^ 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 
  2. ^ International Appalachian Trail- Newfoundland. Iatnl.ca. [November 6, 2010]. (原始內容存檔於June 4, 2010). 
  3. ^ Cees R. van Staal, Mineral Deposits of Canada: Regional Metallogeny: Pre-Carboniferous tectonic evolution and metallogeny of the Canadian Appalachians 網際網路檔案館存檔,存檔日期March 11, 2009,., Geological Survey of Canada website
  4. ^ 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. 

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