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Geographic Locations > Americas > North America > United States > Appalachian Region

Preferred term

Appalachian Region  

Type

  • Geographical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Appalachia

Note

  • index specific states as needed but use APPALACHIAN REGION when text uses the term & when the region is the intent of the author; CATALOGER: Use for 4 or more states

Scope note

  • A geographical area of the United States with no definite boundaries but comprising northeastern Alabama, northwestern Georgia, northwestern South Carolina, western North Carolina, eastern Kentucky, eastern Tennessee, western Virginia, West Virginia, western Maryland, southwestern Pennsylvania, southern Ohio, and southern New York.

History note

  • 75

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D001061

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