Onesource date November 2007 Infobox album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name Appalachian Journey Type studio Artist Yo Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer, Mark O Connor Cover SKAppalachianJourney.jpg Released 2000 Recorded July, September 1999 Genre European classical music Classical , Bluegrass music bluegrass Length 70 38 Label Sony Classical Records Sony Classical Producer Steven Epstein music producer Steven Epstein Last album Appalachia Waltz br 1996 This album Appalachian Journey br 2000 Next album Album ratings rev1 Allmusic rev1Score Rating 4 5 ref Allmusic class album id r511840 dirst Adam last Greenberg ref rev2 rev2Score Appalachian Journey is the second album from the string trio of bassist and composer Edgar Meyer , fiddler and composer Mark O Connor , and cellist Yo Yo Ma . James Taylor and Alison Krauss join the trio individually on two Stephen Foster songs arranged for the trio. Sony Classical released the disc in 2000. The album joined a number of other recordings released since Appalachia Waltz that continue a new kind of European classical music classical music tinged with and influenced by the sounds and structures of United States America s own musical traditions. It is possible that the titles of these albums imply a continuity of the American classical tradition begun by Aaron Copland in Appalachian Spring . Unlike their first album, the three virtuosos spent several months on the musical composition compositions and arrangement s, from July 19 to September 10, 1999. Track listing 1B Edgar Meyer Misty Moonlight Waltz Mark O Connor Hard Times Come Again No More Stephen Foster arr James Taylor, Yo Yo Ma, Meyer, O Connor Indecision Meyer Limerock Traditional arr O Connor, Meyer Benjamin Taylor Fisher s Hornpipe Traditional arr O Connor Duet for Cello and Bass Meyer Emily s Reel O Connor arr Meyer Cloverfoot Reel Meyer Poem for Carlita O Connor Caprice for Three O Connor Second Time Around Meyer Slumber my Darling Stephen Foster arr Meyer Vistas O Connor Personnel ... more details
Image Grassyridgebald north1.jpg right 300px thumb Grassy Ridge Bald in the Roan Highlands In the Appalachian Mountains of the eastern United States , balds are mountain summits or crests covered primarily by thick vegetation of native grasses or shrubs occurring in areas where heavy forest growth would be expected. Balds are found primarily in the Southern Appalachians, where the climate is too warm to support an alpine tundra alpine zone &mdash upper areas where trees fail to grow due to short or non existent growing seasons&mdash even at the highest elevations. ref Peter White, Balds, Encyclopedia of Appalachia Knoxville University of Tennessee Press, 2006 , 47. ref The difference between an alpine summit, such as Mount Washington New Hampshire Mount Washington in New Hampshire , and a bald, such as Gregory Bald in the Great Smoky Mountains , is that a lack of trees is normal for the climatic conditions of the former i.e., high elevation and colder latitude but abnormal for the climatic ... High Knob el. 6,285 ft 1,915 m is coated with a dense stand of Southern Appalachian spruce fir forest ... Mountain Communities Southern Appalachian Shrub and Grass Balds last1 Fleming first1 G. P. last2 ... of Appalachian balds remained stable from the time the first naturalists penetrated ... title Megaherbivores and Southern Appalachian Grass Balds journal Growth and Change volume 26 issue ..., Larry L. Fredlund, Glen G. 1998 . Assessing the vegetation history of three Southern Appalachian ... for hikers of the Appalachian Trail . ref http www.trails.com tcatalog trail.asp?trailid HGD044 001 Appalachian Trail Southern Balds Section ref List of major Appalachian Balds class wikitable Mountain ... See also Southern Appalachian spruce fir forest Sods External links http www.learnnc.org lp editions ... balds GPS data and maps DEFAULTSORT Appalachian Balds Category Appalachian Mountains Category Flora ... Category Natural history of Virginia Category Natural history of Georgia U.S. state fr Appalachian ... more details
Infobox sports league logo AppalachianLeagueLogo.PNG pixels 150px caption Appalachian League logo sport Baseball founded 1937 motto teams 10 country USA champion Johnson City Cardinals folded website http www.appyleague.com Official Website The Appalachian League is a Rookie class minor league baseball minor league that began play in 1937 with one year of inactivity in 1956. From 1937 to 1962, it was a Class D League. Teams are located in the Appalachia n regions of Virginia , North Carolina , West Virginia and Tennessee . The league s season starts in June, after Major League Baseball major league teams have signed players that they selected in the annual amateur draft sports draft , and ends in September. Earlier incarnations of the league operated, more centrally around Tennessee , from 1911 to 1914 and 1921 to 1925 at the Class D level. Current teams class wikitable Division Team MLB Affiliation City Stadium Capacity rowspan 5 East Bluefield Blue Jays Toronto Blue Jays Bluefield, West Virginia and br Bluefield, Virginia Bowen Field align right 3,000 Burlington Royals Kansas City Royals Burlington, North Carolina Burlington , North Carolina Burlington Athletic Stadium align right 3,500 Danville Braves Atlanta Braves Danville, Virginia Danville , Virginia American Legion Field Danville American Legion Field align right 2,588 Princeton Rays Tampa Bay Rays Princeton, West Virginia Princeton , West Virginia H. P. Hunnicutt Field align right 3,000 Pulaski Mariners Seattle Mariners Pulaski, Virginia Pulaski , Virginia Calfee Park align right 2,500 rowspan 5 West Bristol White Sox ... team rosters main Appalachian League rosters Complete team list 1937 55, 1956 present valign top ... See also List of Appalachian League champions Sports league attendances External links http www.appalachianleague.com Appalachian League Baseball Appalachian League Professional Baseball Category Minor baseball leagues in the United States 5 Category Appalachian League ja ko sv Appalachian ... more details
Infobox Non profit Non profit name Appalachian Volunteers Non profit logo Image AVlogo.jpg 200px founded ..., community development archives Berea College Hutchins Library Appalachian Volunteers, Inc ... Press of Kentucky, 2008 . ref Origins The Appalachian Volunteers AV began as an activity ... Mountain Settlement School in Harlan County to formally organize the Appalachian Volunteers to expand such efforts. Representatives of the Kentucky Governor s office, the President s Appalachian Regional ... in Harlan County. Daugherty contacted the original Knott County members of the Appalachian Group ..., Director of Appalachian Volunteers Resigns Post, The Herald Dispatch , July 19, 1968. ref Assistant ... . The AV also helped start the legal services group Appalachian Research and Defense Fund Appalred ..., American Youth in a Social Struggle II The Appalachian Volunteers, American Journal of Orthopsychiatry ... 11 13, 2011, in conjunction with the 34th annual conference of the Appalachian Studies Association . ref Preliminary Conference Program, Thirty Fourth Annual Appalachian Studies Conference, Appalachian ... Brenner, M.D., American Youth in a Social Struggle II The Appalachian Volunteers, American Journal of Orthopsychiatry , Vol. 38, No. 1 January 1968 , pp. 31 46. Charles Spradlin, Director of Appalachian ..., Time , November 29, 1968. Bill Peterson, The Appalachian Volunteers A Look at Them First Hand ... Ends Appalachia Experiment, Washington Post , September 29, 1969, p. A5. Billy D. Horton, The Appalachian ... . ISBN 978 0820318820 David E. Whisnant, One Eye in the Land of the Blind The Appalachian Volunteers ... J. Kiffmeyer, From Self Help to Sedition The Appalachian Volunteers in Eastern Kentucky, 1964 ..., Reformers to Radicals The Appalachian Volunteers and the War on Poverty Lexington The University Press ... saa02.asp AV Archives at Berea College Hutchins Library Category Appalachian studies Category Appalachian culture Category Harlan County, Kentucky Category Non profit organizations based ... more details
Turf race infobox class Grade III horse race Appalachian Stakes image caption location Keeneland Keeneland Racecourse br Lexington, Kentucky , flagicon Kentucky br United States flagicon USA inaugurated 1989 race type Thoroughbred Flat racing website http www.keeneland.com racing default.aspx www.keeneland.com racing distance 1 mile 8 furlong s track Grass, left handed qualification Three year old fillies weight Assigned purse United States dollar 100,000 bonuses The Appalachian Stakes is an United States American Graded stakes race Grade III Thoroughbred horse race run annually in April at Keeneland Keeneland Racecourse in Lexington, Kentucky . Open to three year old filly fillies , it is contested on Grass turf over a distance of one mile 8 furlong s . ref http www.keeneland.com racing Libraries Statistics Appalachian.pdf Appalachian Stakes history at Keeneland ref First held in 1989, the Appalachian Stakes was named for the Appalachian Mountains which extend into Eastern Kentucky. The race was run at a distance of 1 1 16 miles from 1989 through 1995. A Listed race , it was elevated to a Grade III event in 2008. Records Speed record 1 34.80 Halo River 1998 Most wins by an owner 2 Brereton C. Jones 1993, 2010 2 Team Valor 2002, 2007 Most wins by a jockey 4 Pat Day 1991, 1993, 2000, 2002 Most wins by a Horse trainer trainer 2 William I. Mott 1995, 2002 2 Michael H. Stidham 2000, 2001 Winners class sortable border 1 cellpadding 0 style border collapse collapse font size 90 bgcolor 77dd77 align center width 38px Year br width 140px Winner br width 140px Jockey br width 150px Trainer br width 200px Owner br width 50px Distance br Miles br Time br 2012 Dayatthespa Javier Castellano Chad Brown Frankels Laymon Bradley Thoroughbreds align center span style font size 80 1 span 1 36.08 2011 Winter Memories Jose Lezcano James J. Toner Phillips Racing Partnership align center span style font size 80 1 span 1 37.27 2010 Check the Label Julien Leparoux H. Graham Motion Brereton C ... more details
Plateau and the true Appalachian Mountains in Williamsport, Pennsylvania Elevations vary greatly. In the glaciated Allegheny Plateau, relief may only reach one hundred feet or less. In the unglaciated Allegheny Plateau in southeastern Ohio and westernmost West Virginia, relief is typically in the range ...Image Alleghenyplateaumap.png right thumb 300px Map of the Allegheny plateau. The gray line differentiates the glaciated northern and unglaciated southern sections of the plateau. The Allegheny Plateau is a large dissected plateau area in western and central New York , northern and western Pennsylvania , northern and western West Virginia , and eastern Ohio . It is divided into the unglaciated Allegheny Plateau and the glaciated Allegheny Plateau . The plateau extends southward into western West Virginia , eastern Kentucky and Tennessee where it is instead called the Cumberland Plateau . The plateau terminates in the east at the Allegheny Mountains , which are the highest ridges just west of the Allegheny Front . The Front extends from central Pennsylvania through Maryland and into eastern West Virginia. The plateau is bordered on the west by glacial till plains in the north, generally north of the Ohio River , and the Bluegrass region in the south, generally south of the Ohio River. Image ... the Allegheny Plateau is the Hocking Hills region of southeast Ohio . Geology and physiography Image ... Course Pinnacle State Park . Wisconsin glaciation Glaciation in this area of the plateau removed the sharp relief that is seen in unglaciated areas of the plateau. The line of the distant peaks approximates the level of a peneplain that was uplifted to form the plateau. The Allegheny Plateau is a Physiographic regions of the world physiographic section of the larger AppalachianPlateau province, which in turn is part of the larger Appalachian Mountains Appalachian physiographic division. ref name ... www.theallegheny.com Photographs of the Allegheny Plateau and the Allegheny River watershed region coord ... more details
Image Cumberlandplateaumap.png right thumb 300px Map showing the Cumberland Plateau in yellow as defined by Bailey s ecoregions. The Cumberland Plateau is the southern part of the AppalachianPlateau . It includes ... sup . The terms Allegheny Plateau and the Cumberland Plateau both refer to the dissected plateau lands lying west of the main Appalachian Mountains . The terms stem from historical usage rather than ... of the plateaus, with the Allegheny River rising in the Allegheny Plateau and the Cumberland River rising in the Cumberland Plateau. Geography The Cumberland Plateau is a deeply dissected plateau ... from the Cumberland Plateau to the Bluegrass region Bluegrass in the north and the Pennyroyal Plateau ... arch natural bridges , and waterfall s. In Tennessee, the Cumberland Plateau s western border ... are separated from the main portion of the Cumberland Plateau by the Sequatchie Valley , which extends into central Alabama under other names. In Kentucky , the height of the plateau s hills increases from northwest to southeast, with the westernmost areas of the plateau having a relief of around ... Black Mountain have a relief exceeding 2,500 feet. Geology and physiography The Cumberland Plateau is a Physiographic regions of the world physiographic section of the larger AppalachianPlateau province, which in turn is part of the larger Appalachian Mountains Appalachian physiographic division ... 06 ref The Cumberland Plateau is contiguous with the Allegheny Plateau on the northern side, the only ... from the old Appalachian Mountains . Some rock geology rock layers were laid down in shallow coastal ..., then lowered to have more sediments added on top. Natural history and conservation The plateau ... pines Pinus occurring on dry, upland sites and Appalachian mixed mesophytic forests mesophytic species ... of the mixed mesophytic forests within the Northern Cumberland Plateau. ref ORNL Report Druckenbrod ... conditions of forest ecosystems in the North Cumberland Plateau and Mountains. ORNL TM 2004 314 ... more details
Plateau and the Cumberland Plateau, which are at the western edge of the Appalachian Mountains ...Image WV plateau.jpg right thumbnail Shaded relief map of Cumberland Plateau and Ridge and Valley Appalachians on the Virginia West Virginia border A dissected plateau is a plateau area that has been severely eroded so that the relief is sharp. Such an area may be referred to as mountainous, but dissected plateaus are distinguishable from orogen ic mountain belts by the lack of folding, Metamorphic rock metamorphism , extensive Geological fault faulting , or magma tic activity that accompanies orogeny . The Allegheny Plateau , ref Jones, Stephen B.1 Saviello, Thomas B http www.ingentaconnect.com content saf njaf 1991 00000008 00000001 art00002 jsessionid ch9ro92dh3bn2.alice?format print A Field Guide to Site Quality for the Allegheny Hardwood Region Northern Journal of Applied Forestry, Volume 8, Number 1, 1 March 1991 , pp. 3 8 6 ref the Cumberland Plateau , ref http pubs.usgs.gov prof p1151h physiography.html PHYSIOGRAPHY Wayne L. Newell ref the The Ozarks Ozark Plateau , ref http www.theozarkschronicle.com archives sciencemar07.htm The Ozarks Chronicle ref the Catskill Mountains , ref http www.catskillcenter.org atlas geomorphology geo 1 3dtopography.htm Catskill Center ref and the Blue Mountains Australia Blue Mountains of Australia are examples of dissected plateaus formed after ... weather erosion. A dissected plateau may also be formed, or created, usually on a comparatively ... glacial till plain are removed by glacier s, leaving the plateau into which erosion by water incises valley s. Such a plateau may be level or gently sloping but may be distinguished by the till ... of boulder clay. Dissected volcanic plateau s include the Pajarito Plateau in New Mexico , on the skirt of the enormous Valles Caldera . ref cite book title The Pajarito Plateau A bibliography first ... history online books band pajarito plateau.pdf ref Isolated portions of this plateau are known as mesa ... more details
Central Plateau is the name of several plateaux. Central Plateau, New Zealand Central Siberian Plateau Central Plateau Tasmania Swiss Plateau disambig ... more details
wiktionary plateauPlateau may refer to In geography , geology and earth science Plateau , an area that is relatively flat at an important altitude Dissected plateau , a highly eroded plateau which may have sharp relief Oceanic plateau , a submarine area higher that the normal sea floor depth People Joseph Plateau 1801 1883 , a Belgian mathematician Places Plateau State, Nigeria , a state in Nigeria Plateau Department , a department of Benin The Plateau , a neighbourhood in Montreal, part of the borough of Plateau Mont Royal In mathematics Plateau s problem Plateau s laws Plateau mathematics , a region where a function is constant In music Plateau song , a Meat Puppets song popularized by Nirvana PlatEAU band , an electronic band Other uses A Thousand Plateaus , a 1980 book by Gilles Deleuze and F lix Guattari, the second part of Capitalism and Schizophrenia Plateau phase , in physiology and human sexuality, the second stage of sexual arousal in the Masters and Johnson model Plateau game , abstract strategy game Plateau Systems , a provider of Talent Management Systems Plateaux , the French plural for Plateau the word is of French origin may refer to Places Plateaux Department Congo Plateaux Department Gabon Plateaux Region, Togo Plateau, C te d Ivoire Plateau, Nova Scotia Praia, Cape Verde , also known as Plateau disambig de Plateau Begriffskl rung es Plateau eo Altebena o fr Plateau ko it Plateau nl Plateau pl Plateau pt Plateau ru sk Plat sv Plateau ... more details
Plateau Creek may refer to Plateau Creek Colorado in Colorado in the United States Plateau Creek Montana in Montana in the United States Plateau Creek Oregon in Oregon in the United States Plateau Creek Wyoming in Wyoming in the United States disambig ... more details
The Taku Plateau is a sub plateau of the Stikine Plateau in the far northwestern British Columbia Interior Interior of British Columbia , Canada . It lies to the south of the Teslin Plateau , part of the Yukon Plateau and to the southeast of the Yukon Plateau s other major sub area within British Columbia, the Tagish Highland . Immediately northeast is the Kawdy Plateau and to the northwest of the Nahlin Plateau both also components of the Stikine Plateau . The Inklin River forms the plateau s southwestern boundary with the northwestern extremities of the Tahltan Highland , beyond which are the Boundary Ranges . Very mountainous, its highest summit is Nahlin Mountain . References BCGNIS 19381 Taku Plateau Plateaus and Highlands of British Columbia coord 58 42 00 N 132 30 00 W display title Category Plateaus of British Columbia Category Taku Plateau Category Atlin District BritishColumbiaInterior geo stub ... more details
The Nahlin Plateau is a plateau in northwestern British Columbia , Canada , located between the Sheslay River and Tuya River on the west and east and the Nahlin River and the Stikine River to the north and south. ref BCGNIS 9002 Nahlin Plateau ref It is a subplateau of the Stikine Plateau adjoining parts of the same larger plateau are the Taku Plateau to the northwest, the Tahltan Highland to the southwest and south, the Kawdy Plateau to the north, and the Spatsizi Plateau to the southeast. The Nahlin Plateau is the location of the Level Mountain Range and Heart Peaks , two small mountain range s consisting of large shield volcano es. See also List of plateaus in British Columbia References reflist Plateaus and Highlands of British Columbia coord 58 27 00 N 131 25 00 W display title Category Nahlin Plateau Category Stikine Country BritishColumbiaInterior geo stub ... more details
unreferenced date April 2010 The Bangombe Plateau is a plateau covering 42sq.km in the north of Moanda , in the Haut Ogooue Region of Gabon . Exploitation of manganese deposits started on the plateau in 1953 by the Compagnie Mini re de l Ogoou COMILOG . Trivia The town of Moanda is built on the southern slopes of the plateau. The Bangombe Plateau is also home to an airfield and a golf course . Moanda Railway Station lies in the north of the plateau See also Moanda Compagnie Mini re de l Ogoou Category Geography of Gabon ... more details
The Klastline Plateau is a plateau in the Stikine Country of the British Columbia Interior Northern Interior of British Columbia , Canada . A subplateau of the Stikine Plateau , it is located between the Stikine River N , the upper Iskut River S , Mess Creek W and the Klappan River E . The Skeena Mountains are to the south, the Tahltan Highland to the west, the Spatsizi Plateau to the east, and the Tanzilla Plateau to the north, on the other side of the Stikine. The Spatsizi and Tanzilla Plateaus, and the Tahltan Highland, are also part of the Stikine Plateau. References BCGNIS 5413 Klastline Plateau Plateaus and Highlands of British Columbia state autocollapse coord 57 57 00 N 130 05 00 W display title Category Plateaus of British Columbia Category Stikine Country Category Stikine Plateau Category Volcanism of British Columbia Category Article Feedback 5 BritishColumbiaInterior geo stub ... more details
The Kawdy Plateau is a plateau in northern British Columbia , Canada , located between the Nahlin River Nahlin and Tuya River s. It includes the granite granitic Atsutla Range and Nazcha Hills and the volcanic Kawdy Mountain . See also List of plateaus in British Columbia References BCGNIS 3085 Kawdy Plateau http www.bivouac.com ArxPg.asp?ArxId 1668 Kawdy Plateau in the Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia. Plateaus and Highlands of British Columbia coord missing British Columbia Category Stikine Plateau Category Cassiar Country BritishColumbia geo stub ... more details
The Tanzilla Plateau is a plateau in the Stikine Country of the British Columbia Interior Northern Interior of British Columbia , Canada . It is a sub plateau of the Stikine Plateau and is located east of the Tuya River , north of the Stikine River and surrounding Dease Lake its eastern extremity verges on the Stikine Ranges of the Cassiar Mountains at Dark Mountain and Pyramid Mountain . The Spatsizi Plateau is to the southeast, the Klastline Plateau to the south, the Tahltan Highland to the west and southwest, and the Kawdy Plateau to the west and northwest. All are also sub plateaus of the Stikine Plateau . See also Tuya Volcanic Field Volcanism of Canada Volcanism of Western Canada References BCGNIS 17642 Tanzilla Plateau Plateaus and Highlands of British Columbia state expanded coord 58 22 00 N 130 22 00 W display title Category Plateaus of British Columbia Category Stikine Country Category Stikine Plateau Category Volcanism of British Columbia ... more details
Moldavian Plateau B rlad Plateau lang ro Podi ului B rladului is a geographic area in E Romania. It is the south central part of the Moldavian Plateau . Although occasionally has heights over 500 m, it is generally sloped from north at 400 m to the south at 200 m. The river B rlad and its tributaries have cut in it the northern part of the B rlad plateau, which sometimes is called Podi ul Central Moldovenesc , a term that can be easily confused with the reserved term Central Moldavian Plateau Podi ul Moldovei Centrale in English both translate as the Central Moldavian Plateau . The northern most hill formation edge is called the Ia i Ridge lang ro Coasta Ia ilor . Other parts of the B rlad Plateau Tutova Hills lang ro Colinele Tutovei , F lciu Hills lang ro Dealurile F lciului , Covurlui Plateau lang ro Podi ul Covurlui , and Elanului Depression lang ro Depresiunea Elanului . coord missing Romania Category Landforms of Romania DEFAULTSORT Barlad Plateau pl P askowy B rlad ro Podi ul B rladului ru uk ... more details
The Bhander Plateau is a plateau in the state of Madhya Pradesh in India . It has an area of 10,000 km . 4,000 sq mi . It links the Deccan Plateau to the south with the Indo Gangetic Plain s and the Chota Nagpur Plateau to the north and east respectively. The plateau is part of the Vindhya Range in central India. ref cite web url http www.britannica.com EBchecked topic 63995 Bhander Plateau title Bhander Plateau work first last publisher Encyclopaedia Britannica accessdate 2010 07 11 ref A series of plateaux runs along the Kaimur Range . These fluvial plateaux, consists of a series of descending plateaux, starting with the Bijawar Panna Plateau Panna Plateau in the west, followed by Bhander Plateau and Rewa Plateau and ending with Rohtas Plateau in the east. ref cite web url http books.google.co.in books?id dC7qhGQpBYkC&pg PA158&lpg PA158&dq Rohtas plateau&source bl&ots 5Ac2ZWezIE&sig TG9r1zgyWerRZe b6MZXygOIwXU&hl en&ei 5agoTLCcL4e3rAfqxq2NBQ&sa X&oi book result&ct result&resnum 7&ved 0CCkQ6AEwBjge v onepage&q Rohtas 20plateau&f false title Physical Geography Introduction To Earth work p. 158 first last K. Bharatdwaj publisher google books accessdate 2010 06 28 ref References reflist coord missing Madhya Pradesh Category Plateaus of India Category Plateaus of Madhya Pradesh ... more details
The Singu Plateau is a volcanic plateau located in central Burma . The lava s that form the plateau originally came from fissure vent s during the Holocene , although the last eruption is unknown. ref cite gvp vnum 0705 10 name Singu Plateau ref See also List of volcanoes in Burma References reflist coord missing Burma Category Volcanic plateaus Category Fissure vents Category Volcanoes of Burma Burma geo stub ... more details
The Nicoamen Plateau is a small sub plateau of the Thompson Plateau in the southern British Columbia Interior Interior of British Columbia , Canada , located between the Nicoamen River W and the lower valley of the Nicola River E . References BCGNIS 14288 Nicoamen Plateau Plateaus and Highlands of British Columbia coord 50 12 00 N 121 14 00 W display title Category Plateaus of British Columbia Category Nicola Country BritishColumbiaInterior geo stub ... more details
The Nisutlin Plateau is a plateau in northern British Columbia , Canada , extending from Teslin Lake to the Cassiar Mountains . References BCGNIS 14384 Nisutlin Plateau http www.bivouac.com ArxPg.asp?ArxId 1676 Nisutlin Plateau in the Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia Plateaus and Highlands of British Columbia coord missing British Columbia Category Plateaus of British Columbia Category Stikine Ranges BritishColumbiaInterior geo stub ... more details
The Spatsizi Plateau is a plateau in the upper basin of the Stikine River in north central British Columbia , Canada . Most of the plateau, which is a sub plateau of the Stikine Plateau , is enshrined in either Spatsizi Plateau Wilderness Provincial Park or Spatsizi Headwaters Provincial Park . It is flanked on the south and southwest by the Skeena Mountains , on the southeast by the Omineca Mountains , on the northeast by the Stikine Ranges of the Cassiar Mountains , and on the west by the Klastline Plateau another subplateau of the Stikine Plateau . Name The name is an adaptation of a phrase in the Sekani language meaning red goat , a reference to the habit of mountain goats in the area rolling on a particular red coloured mountain, turning their coats red tspah goat, tsije red . Geology and terrain The plateau is a large volcanic plateau lava plateau , dissected by river valleys, and contains various small mountain ranges. this is just meant as a stub filler Both the Stikine River Stikine and Spatsizi River s have their sources in the plateau. Climate The climate of the plateau, which is of high altitude, is sub arctic in nature. Isolated from the moisture of the Pacific Ocean by successive walls of mountains and other plateaus, the Spatsizi is semi arid in many areas. Fauna The Spatsizi Plateau is the range of the largest remaining herd of woodland caribou in British Columbia . Other fauna in the area include mountain goat s, moose , grizzly bear grizzlies and wolf wolves . References BCGNIS 21661 Spatsizi Plateau Plateaus and Highlands of British Columbia coord 57 50 00 N 128 29 00 W display title Category Plateaus of British Columbia Category Stikine Country Category Volcanic plateaus Category Volcanism of British Columbia BritishColumbiaInterior geo stub es Meseta de Spatsizi fr Plateau Spatsizi ... more details
The Teslin Plateau is a plateau , of the Yukon Plateau physiographic section, in northern British Columbia , Canada , located north of the Nakina River between Atlin Lake and Teslin Lake . ref BCGNIS 15081 Teslin Plateau ref See also Atlin Volcanic Field References reflist coord missing British Columbia Category Plateaus of British Columbia Category Atlin District BritishColumbiaInterior geo stub ... more details
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