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Appalachian Mountains

 

     

The Appalachians are a nearly endless chain of low range mountains. In the centre of these mountains, there is the Shenandoah national park.
 

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The Skyline Drive runs along the mountain ridge through the entire Appalachians.
 

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Numerous little creeks run through the mountains, which lead via small waterfalls into small ponds, which again run in other little creeks further down to the valleys.
 

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And due to these numerous little amounts of water, drip stone caves are not far away - which are surprisingly quite big.
 

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