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Landforms

Landforms
Almost totally covered by mountains, most of the state is a series of rolling hills, plateaus and ridges, punctuated by valleys.

Over 50% of the land is still covered by forest land and the only lowlands are in the southeast.

The Appalachian Mountains slice through the center of Pennsylvania, with the Allegheny and Pocano Mountains, the state's most significant subranges. The highest point in the state is Mt. Davis, at 3,213 ft.

Pine Creek Gorge - often called the "Grand Canyon of Pennsylvania" - is 50 miles in length, and over 1,000 ft deep in places.

Blue Mountain is a 150 mile long ridge that forms part of the the eastern edge of the Appalachian mountain range.

Pennsylvania is home to more deep and useful rivers than any other U.S. State. The Delaware, along its eastern borders, may well be the most valuable.

The Delaware Water Gap on the border of Pennsylvania and New Jersey was formed as the Delaware River carved a deep path through a ridge of the Appalachian Mountains on its way to the sea.

Other very significant rivers include the Allegheny, Ohio, Monongahela and Susquehanna.

For a closer look at the topography of Pennsylvania, view this
map

Landforms of America here!

Landforms of North America here!

Rivers of North America here!

Land Statistics

Land Area

(land) 44,817 sq miles

(water) 1,239 sq miles

(TOTAL) 46,056 sq miles

Land Area (all states)
here!

Horizontal Width 284 miles from the Ohio border, direcly east to Philadelphia

Vertical Length 158 miles from the state's central New York border, directly south to the Maryland border

Note: Lengths and widths are point-to-point, straight-line measurements from a Mercator map projection, and will vary some using other map projections

Bordering States (6) New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia and Ohio

Counties (67) map here!

County (largest by population) Philadelphia 1,528,655

Geographic Center is located 3 miles west of Pleasant Gap in Centre County

Highest Point Mt. Davis, at 3,213 ft.

Lowest Point Lake Erie, 0 ft.

Latitude and Longitude here!

Mean Elevation 1,128 ft.

Relative Location here!


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