Cumberland-Mountains

Cumberland-Mountains

Cumberland-Mountains (Cumberland-Gebirge), westlicher Zweig des großen Appalachen-Gebirgssystems in den Vereinigten Staaten von Nordamerika, bildet die Grenze zwischen den Staaten Virginia u. Kentucky u. zwischen Nordcarolina u. Tennessee; erhebt sich nirgends über 2000 Fuß.


Pierer's Lexicon. 1857–1865.

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