The Allegheny Front is an escarpment delineating the eastern edge of the Allegheny Mountains. The Front extends southwesterly from South-Central Pennsylvania, through Western Maryland, and into eastern West Virginia and is bordered on the East by the westernmost valley of the Ridge and Valley Province of the Appalachians; to the West of the Front lie the Allegheny Mountains. In geology, an escarpment is a transition zone between different physiogeographic provinces that involves an elevation differential, often involving high cliffs. ... Official language(s) None Capital Harrisburg Largest city Philadelphia Area - Total - Width - Length - % water - Latitude - Longitude Ranked 33rd 119,283 km² 255 km 455 km 2. ... State nickname: Old Line State; Free State Official languages None Capital Annapolis Largest city Baltimore Governor Robert L. Ehrlich (R) Senators Paul Sarbanes (D) Barbara Mikulski (D) Area - Total - % water Ranked 42nd 32,160 km² 21 Population - Total (2000) - Density Ranked 19th 5,296,486 165/km² (5th) Admission into... State nickname: Mountain State Official languages English Capital Charleston Largest city Charleston Governor Joe Manchin (D) Senators Robert Byrd (D) Jay Rockefeller (D) Area - Total - % water Ranked 41st 62,809 km² 0. ... The Allegheny Mountains are a part of the Appalachian mountain range located in the eastern United States. ...
The front has an elevational change of up to three thousand feet.
The Allegheny Plateau is a large, dissected plateau area in southern New York, western Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and eastern Ohio.
The plateau terminates in the east at the Allegheny Mountains, which are the highest ridges just west of the AlleghenyFront.
In the unglaciated Allegheny Plateau in southeastern Ohio and westernmost West Virginia, relief is typically in the range of two hundred to four hundred feet.
The hawkwatch is located at the western edge of Bedford County and the eastern edge of Somerset County (Shade Township) on the AlleghenyFront, at an elevation of 2780 feet, north of Rt30 (north of where the old Ship Hotel or Noah's Ark use to be).
The AlleghenyFront is a prominent scarp that is the eastern edge of the Allegheny Plateau.
To the east is the Valley and Ridge physiographic province of Pennsylvania.
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