Talk:Allegheny Front
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Discombobulate
I have tried to discombobulate some of the article's problems with my edits today.
To the question "Is there a ridge higher than the Eastern Continental Divide?" which another editor asked: Yes, for example Spruce Mountain (including Spruce Knob, highest point in the Alleghenies) is a few miles EAST of the actual AF/ECD. The AF/ECD does not necessarily always coincide with the highest peaks in the area. Spruce Mountain/Spruce Knob is an isolated mountain.
NB: None of the lines or colors on the accompanying "Great Appalachian Valley" graphic represent the AF/ECD. If someone wants to make a better graphic, this, this, this, and this could prove helpful.
140.139.35.250 (talk) 16:56, 17 February 2010 (UTC)
Southern terminus
Is it possible to get a fuller reading of the book section being cited for the southern end of the Allegheny Front? Saying
- The book (Physiography of Eastern United States, 1938) is a bit confusing on pp 228-229. It describes the border of the R-and-V province as it simultaneously describes the AF. The R-and-V boundary follows the AF along its entire (~180 mile) length, but it is the R-and-V boundary -- not the AF -- that "jogs back" about 10 miles west to Back Allegheny Mountain just below the 39th parallel. A careful reading of this section makes this clear. I originally made the mistake of thinking that the author was describing the AF, then corrected myself when I caught the mistake. In my defense, however, I must say that the book that led me to the Physiography book (namely, The West Virginia Encyclopedia, by Ken Sullivan) makes the same mistake (see the "Allegheny Front" entry). I had to get & read the older book carefully to see that the newer one was in error.
- The Physiography book has a nice pull out map at the back which clearly labels the AF in both PA & WV (it seems to end at about Roaring Plains). Also, the 7.5 minute USGS maps appear to indicate that the AF wraps south around Roaring Plains & then the name is no longer seen anywhere further south.
- Of course part of the difficulty here is that the whole concept of the "Allegheny Front" is rather arbitrary anyway... This is the best I can do...
- Valerius Tygart (talk) 17:41, 1 March 2010 (UTC)