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From Map 13, Physiographic Provinces of Pennsylvania

Physiographic Provinces of Pa.

This is an interactive map. Click on a area of the map for more information on that section, or see the list below of physiographic provinces and sections.

Gettysburg-Newark Lowland Section Eastern Lake Section Northwestern Glaciated Plateau Section Lowland and Intermediate Upland Section Piedmont Upland Section Waynesburg Hills Section Glaciated Low Plateau Section Piedmont Lowland Section Reading Prong Section South Mountain Section Glaciated Pocono Plateau Section Great Valley Section Anthracite Valley Section Blue Mountain Section High Plateau Section Allegheny Front Section Allegheny Mountain Section Pittsburgh Low Plateau Section Appalachian Mountain Section Susquehanna Lowland Section Anthracite Upland Section Deep Valleys Section Glaciated High Plateau Section Glaciated High Plateau Section Glaciated High Plateau Section Glaciated High Plateau Section

Physiographic Provinces - Map 13 front, page size*
Physiographic Provinces - Map 13 back, page size*

 

Physiographic Provinces and Sections

Atlantic Coastal Plain Province New England Province
Lowland and Intermediate Upland Section Reading Prong Section
Piedmont Province Appalachian Plateaus Province
Piedmont Upland Section Glaciated Pocono Plateau Section
Piedmont Lowland Section Glaciated Low Plateau Section
Gettysburg-Newark Lowland Section Glaciated High Plateau Section
Ridge and Valley Province Allegheny Front Section
South Mountain Section Allegheny Mountain Section
Great Valley Section Deep Valleys Section
Blue Mountain Section Pittsburgh Low Plateau Section
Anthracite Upland Section Waynesburg Hills Section
Anthracite Valley Section High Plateau Section
Appalachian Mountain Section Northwestern Glaciated Plateau Section
Susquehanna Lowland Section Central Lowland Province
  Eastern Lake Section

 

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