جبال بلو ردج

جبال بلو ردج Blue Ridge Mountains
جبال بلو ردج كما تبدو من Blue Ridge Parkway بالقرب من جبل متشل في كارولاينا الشمالية
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القمة	جبل متشل
الارتفاع	6,684 ft (2,037 m)
الإحداثيات	35°45′53″N 82°15′55″W
الجغرافيا
Appalachian Mountains
البلد	الولايات المتحدة
الولايات	كارولاينا الشمالية, ڤرجينيا, تنسي, مريلاند, پنسلڤانيا, ڤرجينيا الغربية, كارولاينا الجنوبية and جورجيا
السلسلة الأم	جبال الأپلاش
الجيولوجيا
التجبل	Grenville orogeny
نوع الصخر	granite, gneiss and limestone

جبال بلو ردج Blue Ridge Mountains هي physiographic province of the larger جبال الأپلاش range. This province consists of northern and southern physiographic regions, which divide near the Roanoke River gap. The mountain range is located in the شرق الولايات المتحدة, starting at its southernmost portion in Georgia, then ending northward in پنسلڤانيا. To the west of the Blue Ridge, between it and the bulk of the Appalachians, lies the Great Appalachian Valley, bordered on the west by the Ridge and Valley province of the Appalachian range.

The Blue Ridge Mountains are noted for having a bluish color when seen from a distance. Trees put the "blue" in Blue Ridge, from the isoprene released into the atmosphere, thereby contributing to the characteristic haze on the mountains and their distinctive color.

Within the Blue Ridge province are two major national parks – the Shenandoah National Park in the northern section, and the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in the southern section – and eight national forests including George Washington and Jefferson National Forests, Monongahela National Forest, Daniel Boone National Forest, Cherokee National Forest, Pisgah National Forest, Nantahala National Forest and Chattahoochee National Forest. The Blue Ridge also contains the Blue Ridge Parkway, a 469-mile (755 km) long scenic highway that connects the two parks and is located along the ridge crest-lines with the Appalachian Trail.

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 الجغرافيا

انظر أيضاً: List of mountains of the Blue Ridge and Southern Sixers

 الجيولوجيا

Blue Ridge Mountains, viewed from Chimney Rock Mountain Overlook in North Carolina

 النبيت والوحيش

انظر أيضاً: تصنيف:نبيت جبال الأپلاش

 الوحيش

The area is host to many animals, including:

• Many species of amphibians and reptiles
• A large diversity of fish species, many of which are endemic
• American black bear
• Songbirds and other bird species
• Bobcat
• Coyote
• Red fox
• Gray fox
• Grouse
• Whitetail deer
• Wild boar
• Wild turkey

 انظر أيضاً

• Appalachian balds
• Appalachian bogs
• Appalachian temperate rainforest
• Appalachian-Blue Ridge forests
• Cove (Appalachian Mountains)

 الهامش

• Olson, Ted (1998). Blue Ridge Folklife, University Press of Mississippi. ISBN 1-57806-023-0.

 وصلات خارجية

• Blue Ridge Mountains travel guide from Wikivoyage