Where e the Blue Ridge Mountains located?
“The Blue Ridge, or Blue Ridge Mountains, is a physiographic province of the larger Appalachian division. The province consists of the Northern and Southern physiographic sections, which divide near the Roanoke River gap. They are a mountain chain in the eastern United States, part of the Appalachian Mountains, forming their eastern front from Georgia to Pennsylvania. To the west of the Blue Ridge, between it and the bulk of the Appalachians, lies the Great Valley, bordered on the west by the Ridge and Valley province. The mountains are well known for their bluish color when seen from a distance. Trees put the “blue” in Blue Ridge, from the hydrocarbons released into the atmosphere, thereby contributing to the characteristic haze on the mountains and their distinctive color” “States: Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, South Carolina” “John Denver sang of the Blue Ridge in the celebrated 1971 song “Take Me Home, Country Roads”. The lyrics place the mou
