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The Appalachian Mountains are located in the eastern United States. The Appalachian Mountains, mountains in Greenland and those in Western Europe (the Scottish Highlands) have similar rock layers. This similarity in rock layers was noted by Alfred Wegener and used as evidence to support his hypothesis of continental drift.

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