大阿帕拉契山谷

大阿帕拉契山谷（），又名大山谷或大山谷区域，是北美洲东部一处大型的地貌形态。它是由一系列山谷低地构成的巨型地槽，附属并以阿帕拉契亚山系为中心特征。该地槽北起加拿大的魁北克省，南至美国阿拉巴马州，绵延1200英里，自史前时期以来便是一条重要的南北交通要道。
 地理特征 
广义上说，大阿帕拉契山谷标记美国阿帕拉契山脉山谷地文区的东部边界，这儿包含许多诸如谢南多厄河谷这样的区域。从宏观尺度上看，大阿帕拉契山谷可分为南、北两大区域。

 北部区域 


  南部区域  

 历史 

 交通 
 州际高速公路 

 文化 
大阿帕拉契山谷是整個阿帕拉契文化的核心地区，尤其是在中南部。

 参考文献 
 Appalachian Topography – Paleontological Research Institution
 Appalachian Mountains – Columbia Gazetteer of North America
 USGS – Valley and Ridge Province
 Pennsylvania Geology Map
 Geological Structure of Pennsylvania
 Drake, Richard B. (2001), A History of Appalachia. Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 0-8131-2169-8
 Kercheval, Samuel (1850), A History of the Valley of Virginia, Woodstock, Virginia  –  History (much of it anecdotal) of the colonial Virginia northern frontier
 Meinig, D.W. (1986), The Shaping of America – A Geographical Perspective on 500 Years of History, Volume 1 – Atlantic America, 1492–1800. New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-03882-8
 Williams, John Alexander (2002), Appalachia – A History. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 0-8078-5368-276

 参见 
Martinsburg Formation

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