Allegheny Plateau

found: Work cat.: Marquis, D.A. The Allegheny hardwood forests of Pennsylvania, 1975:p. 1 (Allegheny Plateau)

found: Merriam-Web. geog. dict., c1997(under Allegheny Mountains: the entire upland area from Cumberland Plateau on S to Mohawk Valley in New York is known as the Allegheny Plateau)

found: Columbia gaz. of No. Amer., via WWW, May 2, 2003(Allegheny Plateau, dissected plateau, W part of the Appalachian Mts., extending c.500 mi/805 km SW from N Pa. to SW Va., including W Md., rising to 4,860 ft/1,481 m at Spruce Knob, the highest peak in W.Va. The E Allegheny Plateau, known as the Allegheny Mts. or the Alleghenies, has a steep E-facing escarpment often called the Allegheny Front (c.1,500 ft/460 m - 1,600 ft/490 m high) and is more rugged than the W portion)

found: GeoRef thesaurus, via WebSPIRS, May 2, 2003(Subject: Allegheny Plateau. Scope note: W section of the Appalachians extending from Cumberland Plateau on S to Mohawk Valley in New York on N and including the Allegheny Mountains)