Allegheny Plateau

From West Virginia (WV) Cyclopedia

The Allegheny Plateau of Ohio, New York, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania is part of the Appalachian Plateau of the western Appalachian Mountains. The term "plateau" may be popularly associated with level land, but here refers geologically to a level land that has been eroded into ridges and valleys. The plateau in West Virginia generally drains north-westward from the Allegheny Mountains to the Ohio River. The uplifted eastern edge of the plateau ends precipitously as the mountain-wall known as the Allegheny Front. From summits along the front that near 5,000 feet-above-sea-level, the plateau descends gradually westward to the banks of the Ohio at elevations lower than 500 feet-above-sea-level.

Mountains within the Allegheny Plateau Region include Armstrong Mountain, Batoff Mountain, Coal River Mountain