Identifier: forestphysiograp01bowm (find matches)
Title: Forest physiography; physiography of the United States and principles of soils in relation to forestry
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Bowman, Isaiah, 1878-1950
Subjects: Physical geography Forests and forestry Soils
Publisher: New York, J. Wiley & sons (etc., etc.)

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PLATE IV
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Plate IV. — Physiographic Map of the United States. CHAPTER XXXII APPALACHIAN PLATEAUS The Appalachian Plateaus consist of a number of subdivisions of thefirst rank: the southern or Cumberland district; the central district in-cluding the so-called mountains of eastern Kentucky and WestVirginia; the northern district, the Allegheny Plateau of western Penn-sylvania and southern New York; and the extreme northeastern por-tion — a special category— including the Catskill Mountains. TheCatskills and the plateau of West Virginia and Kentucky are the loftiestmembers of the series and have truly mountainous relief and propor-tions. The Allegheny Plateau has been dissected into a systemlessmaze of spurs by the almost infinite branches of the deeply intrenchedstreams. The high and rugged eastern border region of the AlleghenyPlateau is also known as the Allegheny Mountains, a term which in-cludes not only the Allegheny Front but also the rough uplands imme-diately west of it, the norther

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