Blue Ridge Mountains

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Blue Ridge Mountains

***** Location: eastern part of USA
***** Season: Topic
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Explanation

The Blue Ridge Mountains
are a physiographic province of the larger Appalachian Mountains range. This province consists of northern and southern physiographic regions, which divide near the Roanoke River gap. The mountain range is located in the eastern United States, starting at its southern-most portion in Georgia, then ending northward in Pennsylvania. To the west of the Blue Ridge, between it and the bulk of the Appalachians, lies the Great Appalachian Valley, bordered on the west by the Ridge and Valley province of the Appalachian range.



The Blue Ridge Mountains are noted for their bluish color when seen from a distance. Trees put the "blue" in Blue Ridge, from the isoprene released into the atmosphere, thereby contributing to the characteristic haze on the mountains and their distinctive color.

Within the Blue Ridge province are two major national parks: the Shenandoah National Park in the northern section and the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in the southern section. The Blue Ridge also contains the Blue Ridge Parkway, a 469-mile (755 km) long scenic highway that connects the two parks and is located along the ridge crestlines with the Appalachian Trail.
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Things found on the way

Dulcimer may refer to two types of musical instruments:



Appalachian dulcimer, a fretted, plucked musical instrument which is also referred to as a "mountain dulcimer", "lap dulcimer", "fretted dulcimer", or "hog fiddle"

Hammered dulcimer, a hammer-struck, trapezoid-shaped musical instrument
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Listen here :

Elk River Blues-Mountain Dulcimer
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HAIKU

Blue Ridge Mountains …
bluer with each pluck of the
dulcimer’s strings

Shared by Karen Cesar
Joys of Japan, 2012


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Related words

. Mountains, Peak, Hill (yama, gake, oka) .


. Music and Haiku .


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