Blue Ridge

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Blue Ridge also Blue Ridge Mountains

A range of the Appalachian Mountains extending from southern Pennsylvania to northern Georgia. It rises to 2,038.6 m (6,684 ft) at Mount Mitchell in the Black Mountains of western North Carolina.

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Blue Ridge - a range of the Appalachians extending from southern Pennsylvania to northern Georgia

Blue Ridge Mountains

NC, North Carolina, Old North State, Tar Heel State - a state in southeastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies

Keystone State, Pennsylvania, PA - a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies

Old Dominion, Old Dominion State, VA, Virginia - a state in the eastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies; one of the Confederate States in the American Civil War

Appalachian Mountains, Appalachians - a mountain range in the eastern United States extending from Quebec to the Gulf of Mexico; a historic barrier to early westward expansion of the United States

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