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Definition of Alleghenian

Alleghenian
Alleghenian Al`le*ghe"ni*an, a. Also Alleghanian Al`le*gha"ni*an (Biogeography) Pertaining to or designating the humid division of the Transition zone extending across the northern United States from New England to eastern Dakota, and including also most of Pennsylvania and the mountainous region as far south as northern Georgia.

Meaning of Alleghenian from wikipedia

- The Alleghanian orogeny or Appalachian orogeny is one of the geological mountain-forming events that formed the Appalachian Mountains and Allegheny Mountains...
- The Appalachian Mountains, often called the Appalachians, are a mountain range in eastern to northeastern North America. The term "Appalachian" refers...
- Variscan proper. The Variscan was contemporaneous with the Acadian and Alleghenian orogeny in the United States and Canada, responsible for forming the...
- of the Central Pangean Mountains, including the Acadian, Caledonian, Alleghenian, Mauritanide and Variscan orogenies. The eastern portions of the range...
- and/or deformed by the Acadian, Caledonian, Alleghenian, Mauritanide and Variscan orogenies with the Alleghenian orogeny being the most notable to the modern...
- transported westward to their current location and uplifted during the Alleghenian Orogeny. The Battle of Thoroughfare Gap was fought on the mountain prior...
- phase (Algonquian) peoples' "invasion". It is thought that these ancient Alleghenians were pushed from the classic Huffman Phase of the eastern slopes of the...
- that the Anti-Atlas Mountains were originally formed as part of the Alleghenian orogeny that also formed the Appalachians, formed when Gondwana (including...
- Mountains are believed to have originally been formed as part of the Alleghenian orogeny. These mountains were formed when Africa and America collided...
- formed by the Alleghenian orogeny, 320–340 ma Susquehanna 325~260 Chesapeake Bay Dissects the Appalachian Mountains, formed by the Alleghenian orogeny, 320–340...