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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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Vermont
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Canadian border to the Massachusetts line, rising to Vermont's highest peak, Mt. Mansfield (4,393 ft/1,339 m). The Taconic Mts., occupying the southwestern portion of the state, contain Vermont's important marble deposits. East of the Green...
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Massachusetts
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...rich Connecticut River valley, and farther west lies the Berkshire valley, surrounded by the Berkshire Hills, part of the Taconic Mts. The western streams feed both the Hudson and the Housatonic rivers. The state has a mean altitude of c.500 ft (150...
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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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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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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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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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