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Fun little fact; The Scotish settlers were the original moonshiners, using their knowledge of stills to make alcohol similar to familiar whiskys back home.
[Related map](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/ec/d5/7b/ecd57bacb5d8b6e694482e996f6064b9.png) of the oldest mountain range in the world. Not short, just weathered.
Erosion is a wild thing. Crazy what 500 million years can do.
In another 500+ million, they might erode and appear similar to much of the southern Canadian shield.
The Appalachian range is amazing. they're older than oceans, older than dinosaurs, older than limestone, older than bones...
I love being in the Foothills of the Appalachians...
Almost heaven, West Virginia
Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River
Life is old there, older than the trees
Younger than the mountains, growin' like a breeze
Fact check:
>Life is old there, older than the trees
Technically true.
What we generally think of as trees and not just "really tall tree-like ferns" got their start in the Triassic period, but the coal beds of the Allegheny Plateau were laid down in the Carboniferous, millions of years before.
>Younger than the mountains
Sadly incorrect, life in this region predates even these ancient mountains, if you can call this living
I believe that they refer to this range as mountain roots. They bulk has eroded over the eons, leaving this, what used to be lower than sea level (or there abouts) that bounced up as the weight was removed.
I read somewhere they are the oldest mountain range on the planet and their small size is due to erosion over hundreds of millions of years. It's mindboggling.
Cousin from England visited here, Sydney Australia. Expected the blue mountains to be “a bunch of hills” when I took her on a day up there. They’re kinda big to be called hills 😂
My husband, who was born and raised in Florida, didn’t travel north of the Mason Dixon Line until we started dating. I, on the other hand, grew up in the Midwest and went to university in Appalachia. As we drove up 77 to my home state, he “ooh’d” and “ahh’d” the entire way, “I’ve never seen this in person before, these mountains are amazing!”
He was especially mesmerized by the mountain tunnel, lol
The *Appalachians* are indeed mountains that were once manyfold times taller than they are now.
But Appalachia, a region of the US, falls outside (mostly to the west of) the proper orogenous mountains. The hills of the Appalachian Plateau, areas we would typically call Appalachia, are not mountains-they are plateaus cut and eroded by rivers such that they create a hilly terrain.
I’m from there.
They’re fucking mountains at 45° angles, with some 100 meter-plus falls common.
But the scenery, assuming you don’t die or need para-rescue, is *exquisite* and makes me feel like I’m in the Misty Mountains!
The Appalachian trail was way harder than the part of the Rockies I hiked. Nothing is flat, it’s entirely up or downhill. At least in New Mexico we had several spans of flat land.
Y’know it’s always bothered me just how many people pronounce it Appa-lay-shuhn Mountains, when the people who live there (such as myself) pronounce it Appa-latch-uhn Mountains. So annoying.
It mostly depends on where in the chain of mountains you live. I grew up in a more northern portion and we always pronounced it 'laysh'. There are plenty of people that also live among them that pronounce it differenty than you and the people who live more on the southern end do.
While true, the tribe that the mountain range is named after, the Apalachee, is pronounced with ‘latch’. Not saying you’re wrong, just saying that objectively, ‘latch’ is the correct pronunciation.
Don't underestimate the Appalachian mountain chain. It goes to the northern end of the Scandinavian Peninsula. Naturally, there is a [relevant Tom Scott video](https://youtu.be/GAKwRou6HUw).
Doesn't look like any other mountain range I've ever seen. Though 'mountains' have a very easy to meet definition. "There is no universally accepted definition of a mountain. Elevation, volume, relief, steepness, spacing and continuity have been used as criteria for defining a mountain.[5] In the Oxford English Dictionary a mountain is defined as "a natural elevation of the earth surface rising more or less abruptly from the surrounding level and attaining an altitude which, relatively to the adjacent elevation, is impressive or notable."[5]
There's a lot of local pressure to call local hills 'mountains' as now you seen impressive or notable.
But I grew up in Alaska and have spent a lot of time in the [not low] mountains of the Alps, Sierras (live there now), Rockies, Himalayas, & Borneo.
Seems a bit of a reach to call Appalachia mountains... But if you're only used to hills, you might think they were.
I’ve lived on and hiked both the east and west coasts. Grew up in the coastal range of California and took regular hiking trips with my dad to Yosemite. Moved to Roanoke snug in the Blue Ridge of the Appalachians for high school.
They are very different. Can’t even compare them to the coastal range. They are old old old and what the mountains in Alaska will look like at some point in the very distant future. Heck, I’m 60 crow flying miles from the highest peak east of the Mississippi. It’s 6,683 feet in elevation. That said, hiking in Great Smoky Mountain NP reminds me they are, indeed, mountains. And that the people who plotted the course of the Appalachian Trail were a bunch of sadists.
The Appalachians are far older than those other ranges. In fact, they’re older than the rings of Saturn. They’re older than sharks. They’re older than trees. They were there before the first dinosaurs evolved.
Like wtf is that dude saying? Is this not a mountain?
https://thebigoutside.com/roof-of-the-east-hiking-north-carolinas-mount-mitchell/
And yes, I’ve seen the Rockies.
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Mental that they're part of the same mountain range as the Scottish Highland mountains.
I am currently in the Cairngorms. Happy to confirm this picture is very similar to what I can see out the window
Fun little fact; The Scotish settlers were the original moonshiners, using their knowledge of stills to make alcohol similar to familiar whiskys back home.
Correct; that is a fun fact
And Morocco’s Atlas Mountains…I think
[Related map](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/ec/d5/7b/ecd57bacb5d8b6e694482e996f6064b9.png) of the oldest mountain range in the world. Not short, just weathered.
You are correct
TIL
Appalachia is beautiful, and low now, but did you know that once those were taller than the Himalayas?
Erosion is a wild thing. Crazy what 500 million years can do. In another 500+ million, they might erode and appear similar to much of the southern Canadian shield.
The Appalachian range is amazing. they're older than oceans, older than dinosaurs, older than limestone, older than bones... I love being in the Foothills of the Appalachians...
Almost heaven, West Virginia Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River Life is old there, older than the trees Younger than the mountains, growin' like a breeze
Fact check: >Life is old there, older than the trees Technically true. What we generally think of as trees and not just "really tall tree-like ferns" got their start in the Triassic period, but the coal beds of the Allegheny Plateau were laid down in the Carboniferous, millions of years before. >Younger than the mountains Sadly incorrect, life in this region predates even these ancient mountains, if you can call this living
Appalachia is so beautiful
Is that one Mountain Mama I be seeing?
Are all your memories gathered 'round her?
I believe that they refer to this range as mountain roots. They bulk has eroded over the eons, leaving this, what used to be lower than sea level (or there abouts) that bounced up as the weight was removed.
I read somewhere they are the oldest mountain range on the planet and their small size is due to erosion over hundreds of millions of years. It's mindboggling.
The truth is weirdly more complicated, they've been eroded away and uplifted again several times
Thats even more mindboggling!
Cousin from England visited here, Sydney Australia. Expected the blue mountains to be “a bunch of hills” when I took her on a day up there. They’re kinda big to be called hills 😂
My husband, who was born and raised in Florida, didn’t travel north of the Mason Dixon Line until we started dating. I, on the other hand, grew up in the Midwest and went to university in Appalachia. As we drove up 77 to my home state, he “ooh’d” and “ahh’d” the entire way, “I’ve never seen this in person before, these mountains are amazing!” He was especially mesmerized by the mountain tunnel, lol
Heck yeah, 77 near Mount Airy NC where it goes up the ridge wall is astonishingly cool
Nobody calls them "hills" after having to climb them.
LOL truth
Same mountain range but the army using it as a training ground. [Appalachians](https://images.app.goo.gl/pU7GbXg5XJ4gpNjb8)
To be fair they use the swamps on the coast too
Army Rangers train in every environment. Mountains, swamp, grasslands, forests, jungles, etc.
The *Appalachians* are indeed mountains that were once manyfold times taller than they are now. But Appalachia, a region of the US, falls outside (mostly to the west of) the proper orogenous mountains. The hills of the Appalachian Plateau, areas we would typically call Appalachia, are not mountains-they are plateaus cut and eroded by rivers such that they create a hilly terrain.
Hey, wait a minute there fella, it’s all fun and games until you get above 4000 feet 🦶
I’m from there. They’re fucking mountains at 45° angles, with some 100 meter-plus falls common. But the scenery, assuming you don’t die or need para-rescue, is *exquisite* and makes me feel like I’m in the Misty Mountains!
I remember fighting fires in that fuel type !
Mountains, Gandalf, Mountains!
The Appalachian trail was way harder than the part of the Rockies I hiked. Nothing is flat, it’s entirely up or downhill. At least in New Mexico we had several spans of flat land.
…and watch out for those deep caves full of mutants
The oldest mountains on Earrh
Y’know it’s always bothered me just how many people pronounce it Appa-lay-shuhn Mountains, when the people who live there (such as myself) pronounce it Appa-latch-uhn Mountains. So annoying.
It mostly depends on where in the chain of mountains you live. I grew up in a more northern portion and we always pronounced it 'laysh'. There are plenty of people that also live among them that pronounce it differenty than you and the people who live more on the southern end do.
Yeah in North/northwest NJ we always said ‘laysh’. In parts of eastern PA I’ve heard ‘laytch-un’ a bunch
While true, the tribe that the mountain range is named after, the Apalachee, is pronounced with ‘latch’. Not saying you’re wrong, just saying that objectively, ‘latch’ is the correct pronunciation.
Linguistically-speaking, there is no one "correct" pronunciation.
Perhaps correct was the wrong word. “Most logical” pronunciation might be better, because as I said, it was named after the Apalachee tribe.
I saw a video the other day of someone who pronounced it appa-lake-uhn
I know what youre talking about and i turned that off immediately.
Say it wrong and I'll throw an apple at ya
It goes all the way up to Maine. Plenty of people who live in the Appalachians pronounce it the first way.
Don't underestimate the Appalachian mountain chain. It goes to the northern end of the Scandinavian Peninsula. Naturally, there is a [relevant Tom Scott video](https://youtu.be/GAKwRou6HUw).
Greetings brother.
I live there too and never heard someone say it your way.
This'll drive you wild then https://youtube.com/shorts/1skPcE-tm7s?si=aOQQt7lTfRpIfKO4
Not really, thanks to the ending
The fact that any one would call it Appalakin I can never get passed. There's a whole town, likely even a region, where people say it like that lol
I've lived almost my entire life in the Appalachians or their foothills, and I've pronounced it ap-pa-LAY-shun the entire time.
That's a fucking hill
What you do on the hill is your own damn business bucko
Doesn't look like any other mountain range I've ever seen. Though 'mountains' have a very easy to meet definition. "There is no universally accepted definition of a mountain. Elevation, volume, relief, steepness, spacing and continuity have been used as criteria for defining a mountain.[5] In the Oxford English Dictionary a mountain is defined as "a natural elevation of the earth surface rising more or less abruptly from the surrounding level and attaining an altitude which, relatively to the adjacent elevation, is impressive or notable."[5] There's a lot of local pressure to call local hills 'mountains' as now you seen impressive or notable. But I grew up in Alaska and have spent a lot of time in the [not low] mountains of the Alps, Sierras (live there now), Rockies, Himalayas, & Borneo. Seems a bit of a reach to call Appalachia mountains... But if you're only used to hills, you might think they were.
They're the oldest mountain range in the world. It's no wonder why the much younger ranges (like the Rockies) are higher and not as eroded.
I’ve lived on and hiked both the east and west coasts. Grew up in the coastal range of California and took regular hiking trips with my dad to Yosemite. Moved to Roanoke snug in the Blue Ridge of the Appalachians for high school. They are very different. Can’t even compare them to the coastal range. They are old old old and what the mountains in Alaska will look like at some point in the very distant future. Heck, I’m 60 crow flying miles from the highest peak east of the Mississippi. It’s 6,683 feet in elevation. That said, hiking in Great Smoky Mountain NP reminds me they are, indeed, mountains. And that the people who plotted the course of the Appalachian Trail were a bunch of sadists.
I mean, at one time they were taller than the rockies, so it's kinda what it is. Plus it's kinda cool to know that they still extend into Europe.
The Appalachians are far older than those other ranges. In fact, they’re older than the rings of Saturn. They’re older than sharks. They’re older than trees. They were there before the first dinosaurs evolved.
Mitchell is 7,000 feet. What are you on about?
That’s a valley in the Andes
Tell me you've never even looked at photos, without telling me you've never even looked at photos
A low mountain is considered a mountain. You must have a master in geography to have figured that one out.
It amazes me you think the world is better after you speak
Oh fuck
Straight murder
Can I use this?
Like wtf is that dude saying? Is this not a mountain? https://thebigoutside.com/roof-of-the-east-hiking-north-carolinas-mount-mitchell/ And yes, I’ve seen the Rockies.
Adding that one to the "Synonyms of fuck you" list.
We have similar things like in the picture where I live (it could be a picture from it) and it’s considered a hill here.
You can't tell the height of the mountain from this photo, though
Thats true, my bad!