What's Piedmont plains describe?
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The Piedmont is a plateau region located in the eastern United States. It sits between the Atlantic Coastal Plain and the main Appalachian Mountains, stretching from New Jersey in the north to central Alabama in the south. The Piedmont Province is a physiographic province of the larger Appalachian division which consists of the Gettysburg-Newark Lowlands, the Piedmont Upland and the Piedmont Lowlands sections.
The Atlantic Seaboard fall line marks the Piedmont's eastern boundary with the Coastal Plain. To the west, it is mostly bounded by the Blue Ridge Mountains, the easternmost range of the main Appalachians. The width of the Piedmont varies, being quite narrow above the Delaware River but nearly 300 miles (475 km) wide in North Carolina. The Piedmont's area is approximately 80,000 square miles (210,000 km2).
The name "Piedmont" comes from the Frenchterm for the same physical region, literally meaning "foothill", ultimately from Latin"pedemontium", meaning "at the foot of the mountains", similar to the name of the Italianregion of Piedmont, abutting the Alps.
The Atlantic Seaboard fall line marks the Piedmont's eastern boundary with the Coastal Plain. To the west, it is mostly bounded by the Blue Ridge Mountains, the easternmost range of the main Appalachians. The width of the Piedmont varies, being quite narrow above the Delaware River but nearly 300 miles (475 km) wide in North Carolina. The Piedmont's area is approximately 80,000 square miles (210,000 km2).
The name "Piedmont" comes from the Frenchterm for the same physical region, literally meaning "foothill", ultimately from Latin"pedemontium", meaning "at the foot of the mountains", similar to the name of the Italianregion of Piedmont, abutting the Alps.
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