The Appalachian Plateau’s rugged terrain

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In Virginia the Appalachian Plateau province is not particularly ‘plateau-like’, rather the region is characterized by rugged topography and steep slopes.  It is a well-dissected upland, and streams draining the region have a classic dendritic drainage pattern.  The featured image of Buchanan County (and the surrounding areas of Kentucky and West Virginia) is a shaded relief map […]