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Encyclopedia > Appalachian Piedmont
The James River winds its way among piedmont hills in central Virginia. Most of the hills in the piedmont region are smaller than these.
Piedmont plateau region (shaded)

Piedmont is the plateau region of the eastern United States which lies between the Atlantic Coastal Plain, from which it is divided by the fall line, and the eastern mountain ranges, the Appalachian Mountains. The width of the Piedmont varies, being quite narrow above the Delaware River (and non-existent above the Hudson River), but nearly 300 miles (475 km) wide in the state of North Carolina. The Piedmont region of North Carolina consists of three major metropolitan areas: the Piedmont Triad, Metrolina, and the Research Triangle, all of which contribute to a geographical phoenomenon known as the Piedmont Crescent. Piedmont refers to a region of Italy. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1472x390, 115 KB)Piedmont at the border of Nelson County and Buckingham County at James River State Park. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1472x390, 115 KB)Piedmont at the border of Nelson County and Buckingham County at James River State Park. ... The James River at Cartersville The James River in the U.S. state of Virginia is 660 km (410 miles) long including its Jackson River source and drains a watershed comprising 27,019 km² (10,432 square miles). ... This article is about the U.S. state. ... Image File history File links Piedmontmap. ... The Atlantic Coastal Plain is the rather flat stretch of land that borders the Atlantic Ocean (including the Gulf of Mexico). ... The fall line has meanings in both geographical features and the sport of alpine skiing. ... Appalachians in North Carolina The Appalachian Mountains (French: les Appalaches) are a vast system of mountains in eastern North America. ... For the Delaware River in Kansas, see Delaware River (Kansas) The Delaware River is a river on the Atlantic coast of the United States. ... The Hudson River, called Muh-he-kun-ne-tuk in Mahican or as the Lenape Native Americans called it in Unami, Muhheakantuck, is a river that runs through the eastern portion of New York State and, along its southern terminus, demarcates the border between the states of New York and... Federal courts Supreme Court Circuit Courts of Appeal District Courts Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures (List) State Courts Local Government Other countries Atlas  Politics Portal      A U.S. state is any one of the fifty subnational entities of the... Official language(s) English Capital Raleigh Largest city Charlotte Area  Ranked 28th  - Total 53,865 sq mi (139,509 km²)  - Width 150 miles (240 km)  - Length 560[1] miles (901 km)  - % water 9. ... Major roads and cities in the Piedmont Triad area. ... The Charlotte metropolitan area, formally known as the Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill CMSA, is composed of seven counties in North Carolina and one county in South Carolina, though six other counties in North Carolina and two in South Carolina are also considered part of the region. ... The Research Triangle, commonly referred to as the Triangle, is a region in the piedmont of North Carolina in the United States, anchored by the cities of Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill and the major research universities of North Carolina State University, Duke University, and the University of North Carolina... The Piedmont Cresecent is geographical phenomenon of interlinked populated areas in the U.S. state of North Carolina that forms the shape of a crescent. ...


The surface relief of the Piedmont is characterized by relatively low, rolling hills with heights above sea level between 200 feet (50 m) and 800 feet to 1000 feet (250 m to 300 m). Its geology is complex, with numerous rock formations of different materials and ages intermingled with one another. Essentially, the Piedmont is the remnant of several ancient mountain chains that have since been eroded away. Geologists have identified at least five separate events which have led to sediment deposition, including the Grenville orogeny (the collision of continents when the supercontinent Rodinia was formed) and the Appalachian orogeny during the formation of Pangaea. The last major event in the history of the Piedmont was the break-up of Pangaea, when North America and Africa began to separate. Large basins formed from the rifting and were subsequently filled by the sediments shed from the surrounding higher ground. The series of mesozoic basins is almost entirely located within the Piedmont region. For considerations of sea level change, in particular rise associated with possible global warming, see sea level rise. ... This article includes a list of works cited but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ... For exotic financial options, see Mountain range (options). ... This article or section cites very few or no references or sources. ... The Grenville orogeny was an episode of mountain-building (orogeny) associated with the assembly of the ancient supercontinent Rodinia. ... In geology, a supercontinent is a land mass comprising more than one continental core, or craton. ... Depiction of Rodinia at time of initial breakup. ... The Appalachian orogeny is a geological event that formed the Appalachian Mountains. ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... North America North America is a continent[1] in the Earths northern hemisphere and (chiefly) western hemisphere. ... A world map showing the continent of Africa Africa is the worlds second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. ... The term sedimentary basin is used to refer to any geographical feature exhibiting subsidence and consequent infilling by sedimentation. ... In geology, a rift is a place where the Earths lithosphere is expanding. ... The Mesozoic Era is one of three geologic eras of the Phanerozoic eon. ...


In the Southeast, the Piedmont is marked by red, iron-stained clay--weathered from the granitic bedrock beneath and uncovered by generations of poor farming practices[citation needed]. The Cecil soil series is representative. The Cecil soil series is an Ultisol which is extensive in the Piedmont region of the southeastern United States. ...


The name "Piedmont" derives from the Italian region of Piedmont (in Italian: Piemonte), whose meaning is to the feet of the mountains because of its characteristic geographical position, a plain surrounded by the Alps. Piedmont is a region of northwestern Italy. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...


Music

The Piedmont region is closely associated with the blues style that originated there in the late 19th century. Most Piedmont blues musicians came from Virginia, the Carolinas and Georgia. During the Great Migration, Black Americans migrated to the Piedmont. With the Appalachian Mountains to the west, those who may otherwise have spread into rural areas instead stayed in cities and were thus exposed to a broader mixture of music than those in, for example, the rural Mississippi delta. Thus, Piedmont blues was influenced by white forms such as ragtime, country, and popular songs, forms that had comparatively less bearing on blues in other regions. “Blues music” redirects here. ... The states in blue had the ten largest net gains of African-Americans during the Great Migration, while the states in red had the ten largest net losses[1]. The Great Migration was the movement of over 1 million[1] African Americans out of the rural Southern United States from... The Piedmont blues is a type of blues music characterized by a unique fingerpicking method on the guitar in which a regular, alternating-thumb bass pattern supports a melody using treble strings. ...


Piedmont is also characteristic of a style of dance known as the cakewalk or the Slow Drag, which originated based on the local culture and community. Cakewalk is a traditional African American form of music and dance which originated among slaves in the US South. ...


Further reading

  • Michael A. Godfrey (1997). Field Guide to the Piedmont. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. 524 pages. ISBN 0-8078-4671-6.

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