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Piedmont

Piedmont

6 8.0
A plateau in the eastern United States between the coast and the Appalachian Mountains
  • proper noun
  • /ˈpiːdˌmɒnt/
: Piamonte
  • I live in the Piedmont of North Carolina, about two hours southeast of the Blue Ridge Mountains and about the same distance northwest of the Atlantic Ocean.
  • Northern Piedmont
  • Southern Piedmont
  • Carolina Piedmont

I live in the Piedmont of North Carolina, about two hours southeast of the Blue Ridge Mountains and about the same distance northwest of the Atlantic Ocean.

Examples

  • The Northern Piedmont has a long history of catering to urban markets, especially in specialized commodities.

    Academic text (2012)

  • Cecil soil is the most common soil series in the Piedmont of South Carolina.

    Academic text (2006)

  • Two, repeat, two paramedic vehicles missing in the East Piedmont district.

    The Return of the Living Dead (1985)

  • The sport became popular in the southern Piedmont and most Fall Line counties during this epoch.

    Academic text (2008)

  • Landowners in the Northern Piedmont were the least willing to harvest.

    Academic text (2016)

  • A county was assigned to the Northern Piedmont if a majority of its area was located within the ecoregion boundary.

    Academic text (2012)

  • Virginia is composed of three main physiographic regions (from west to east): Mountains, Piedmont, and Coastal Plain.

    Academic text (2016)

  • The Northern Piedmont was reported to have the most forestland in small forested parcels (100 acres).

    Academic text (2016)

  • The Wereth 11 included Private Curtis Adams of South Carolina, Technical Sergeant James Aubrey Stewart of Piedmont, West Virginia, and Private First Class George Davis, of Bessemer, Alabama.

    The Wereth Eleven (2011)

  • The Piedmont region of Virginia is known for its rolling hills and rich history.

Compounds

Piedmont glacier
  • Specialized
9.3

A large mass of ice that forms when ice in valleys join and spread out at a mountain base

Surface Forms

Piedmont main

Etymology

Piedmont in the United States uses the same name idea, from ped- ('foot') and mont ('mountain'), so it tells you the land lies 'at the foot of the mountains' between the coastal plain and the Appalachian range.