Duwatsun Piedmont

Duwatsun Piedmont jerin tsaunuka ne, wani lokacin ana kiransu "dutse masu ƙasƙanci", a Gabashin Amurka, galibi a yammacin Piedmont kusa da Blue Ridge. Piedmont wani bangare ne na tsaunukan Appalachian mafi girma. Ma'anar Faransanci na piedmont shine "ƙasa"; duk da haka, Dutsen Piedmont sau da yawa yana da mahimmanci ko kuma sanannen tsawo.

Yawancin fasalulluka a cikin lardin Piedmont na Arewacin Amurka sun kasance ko dai a kan iyakar gabashin inda fili ya nutse a kan Atlantic Coastal Plain a Fall Line, a cikin kwari masu faɗi na tsarin kogi, ko a kan iyaka ta yamma inda Dutsen Piedmont ke faruwa. Lokaci-lokaci, saboda nau'ikan dutse daban-daban, folds, da outcroppings, waɗannan duwatsu na iya tashi a wurare daban-daban a fadin Piedmont kamar Dutsen Uwharrie a Arewacin Carolina ko Pine Mountain Range a Georgia. Yawancin waɗannan duwatsu ko tuddai sune ragowar tsaunuka na dā. Wasu, kamar Dutsen Dutse a Georgia, sune tsaunuka masu zaman kansu da ake kira monadnocks waɗanda suka kara fallasawa tare da rushewa.

 Tsire-tsire da dabbobi 
Tsire-tsire da dabbobi na asali a kan waɗannan duwatsu sun bambanta da bambancin. Yawancin tsire-tsire da za a iya samu a cikin Dutsen Appalachian zuwa yamma ana iya samun su a ware a kan waɗannan tuddai. Sakamakon haka, yawancin ciyayi na yau da kullun na Piedmont na iya zama a nan kuma ya haifar da haɗuwa ko nau'o'in da aka samo kawai a wasu shafuka. Wannan gaskiyar kadai wani lokacin tana haifar da kariya ta yankuna da kuma sanannen wurin da kansa ya zama abin mamaki.

 Wurin da yake 
Piedmont ya shimfiɗa zuwa arewa daga tsakiyar gabashin Alabama zuwa kudancin New York. Kusan kashi casa'in cikin dari na Piedmont yana kudu a ƙasa da Mason-Dixon Line kafin ya shiga yankin New England. Sabili da haka, Dutsen Piedmont a Kudu maso gabas suna faruwa akai-akai (a cikin yanki mafi girma) kuma sun fi shahara. Da zarar Piedmont ya shiga Pennsylvania ya shiga hulɗa tare da jimlar larduna huɗu na physiographic yayin da Piedmont kanta ta fara ƙare. A nan, yankunan yankin ba su da tabbas kuma tuddai suna da alama suna warwatse. Har ila yau, a cikin wannan kusa ne Appalachian Trail ya bar Blue Ridge, ya hau kan Ridge da Valley (kusa da Dutsen Piedmont) kuma ya shiga yankin New England.

 Alabama 

 Dutsen Cheaha

 Georgia 

 Dutsen Kennesaw
 Dutsen Ruwa
 Dutsen Sawnee
 Dutsen Dutse
 Dutsen Alcovy
 Dutsen Panola
 Dutsen Pine

 Kudancin Carolina 

 Dutsen Gilashi
 Dutsen Paris

 Arewacin Carolina 

 Dutsen Crowders
 Duwatsun Uwharrie
 Duwatsun Sauratown

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