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Taconic Mountains
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Taconic Mountains , range of the Appalachian Mts., extending c.150 mi (240...years of erosion. The Berkshire Hills, W Mass., are part of the range. Taconic State Park along the N.Y.-Mass. and N.Y.-Conn. borders is a...
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Rutland: Geography and Climate
Encyclopedia entry from: Cities of the United States
...south central Vermont, approximately 30 miles north of Massachusetts and 20 miles east of New York. It is bounded by the Taconic and Green mountains. The city enjoys a four-seasons climate. Area: 7.64 square miles (Rutland city, 2000) Elevation...
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Massachusetts
Encyclopedia entry from: Worldmark Encyclopedia of the States
...this ridge of heavily forested hills slopes down gradually toward the rocky northern coast. In western Massachusetts, the Taconic Range and Berkshire Hills (which extend southward from the Green Mountains of Vermont) are characterized by numerous hills...
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Vermont
Encyclopedia entry from: Worldmark Encyclopedia of the States
...Killington, 4,235 ft (1,293 m); and Elbow Mountain (Warren), 4,135 ft (1,260 m). A much lower range, the Taconic Mountains, straddles the New York-Vermont border for about 80 mi (129 km). To their north is the narrow Valley of Vermont...
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Dana, James Dwight
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Earth
...activity rather than by impact. Neither view has stood the test of time—but that is in the nature of science. Dana also published work on coral reefs and coral islands, the Taconic orogeny, and metamorphism. D. L. Dineley
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Mount Frissell
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Mount Frissell , peak, 2,380 ft (725 m) high, NW Conn., in the Taconic Mts., near the Mass.-N.Y. line.
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Connecticut
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...central Connecticut. In the south along Long Island Sound is a low, rolling coastal plain. The western highland, with the Taconic Mts. and the Litchfield Hills, is more rugged than the eastern highland. A few isolated peaks in the west are over 2,000...
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New York
Encyclopedia entry from: Worldmark Encyclopedia of the States
...1,281 meters). Lesser upland regions of New York include the Hudson Highlands, projecting into the Hudson Valley; the Taconic Range, along the state's eastern border; and Tug Hill Plateau, set amid the lowlands just west of the Adirondacks. Three...
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