Blue Ridge Mountains

The Blue Ridge Mountains are also called the Smokies or Smokey Mountains. Both are because of the color seen through the frequent mist and fog surrounding the mountains. Seen from a distance, the mountains are a smokey blue color.

It can often be to do with the diffraction of light through chemical compounds such as Terpenes that are given off by the plants.

Terpenes are 5-Carbon molecules that often have strong aromas. A common one is Limonene, found in food and shampoos etc. giving a characteristic lemon-y smell.

Yes, the term rounded mountains refers to the rounded peaks. Rounded peaks indicate age and weathering forces over a long period of time. The Blue Ridge Mountains which are part of the Appalachian Mountain range all have rounded peaks because the Appalachian Mountain range is millions of years old. In comparison, the Rocky Mountains are not rounded; they are much younger than the Appalachian Mountain range.

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The Blue Ridge region surrounds the Blue Ridge Mountains of the southeastern United States. It is a large area covering states from Pennsylvania to Georgia and contains cities like Roanoke, Virginia to Asheville, North Carolina.

physical weathering

The force you are looking for that created the Blue Ridge Mountains as well as almost every other Mountain Range is called Plate Tectonics.

You see, God made the earth to have different land masses that would separate the people when they lost their common language at the Tower of Babel.

He used the different pates for many other reasons as well.

I hope this answers your questions.

Pastor Bob

The address of the Friends Of The Blue Ridge Mountains is: Po Box 1002, Purcellville, VA 20134-1002

yes is a constructive force

The Rockies, which continue northward into Canada.

The blue ridge was established in 1922

how tall is blue mountain

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The dastardly weed was in the Blue Ridge before it was anywhere else in our land. Imported from Japan to restore the barren ruins left by a copper smelting industry at Ducktown, Tenn., it grew like swamp grass on hillsides where nothing else known to man would grown at all. Now it likes to call the whole South home. Apparentely it will grown anywhere. Why not in New Jersey? Hunter James.

no, there is no alligators in the Blue Ridge Mountains

It is Alan's middle daughter, Ali.

livestock raising, farming, tobacco growing,and lumer production

agriculture and shipping for gainsville

Yes, Blue Ridge dishes do contain lead based paint

Schuyler is located in eastern Nelson county (the fictitious name of Jefferson is based on the fact Monticello and much of Thomas Jefferson's historical presence located nearby) which is in the commonwealth of Virginia.

The Blue Ridge Mountains, or Smokies, are located in North America. They span several states, including Tennessee and Kentucky.

Asheville, NC is in the Blue Ridge Mountains. That's 374 miles from Albany.

There are many rock types in the Blue Ridge Mountains include quartz and granite.