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MSN Encarta - Search View - Alabama (state) (11929 words) |
 | It is one of the principal states of the South and is often referred to as the Heart of Dixie. |
| The state capital, Montgomery, became the provisional capital of the Confederate States of America in 1861 and is popularly known as the Cradle of the Confederacy. |
| From plateaus and uplands in the northeastern section of the state, the land slopes gradually southward across forested ridges, rolling prairie, and fertile valleys to the delta of the Mobile River on an arm of the Gulf of Mexico. |
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