The Appalachian Mountains and the Scottish Highlands are the same mountain range, because it is older than the continents moving apart.
The Atlantic Ocean is younger than the Appalachian Mountains.
My favorite geological fact about Scotland is the super obvious fault line that slashes straight through it. The Great Glen.
TIL
I do regard them with terror, but this isn’t the reason why.
ominous banjo
Lol’d
Is it the deer? I’ve heard they’re sketchy round there.
The deer ticks will fuck you up if you don’t check for them.
Fallout 76 taught me how annoying Appalachian ticks can be
Because North America and Africa were once geographically connected, the Appalachians formed part of the same mountain chain as the Little Atlas in Morocco. This mountain range, known as the Central Pangean Mountains, extended into Scotland, before the Mesozoic Era opening of the Iapetus Ocean, from the North America/Europe collision (See Caledonian orogeny)
By the end of the Mesozoic Era, the Appalachian Mountains had been eroded to an almost flat plain.[27] It was not until the region was uplifted during the Cenozoic Era that the distinctive topography of the present formed.
The Appalachian mountains are full of hillbillies. THAT’S the scary part.
Wouldn’t they be mountainbillies?
Banjo intensifies.
In the same vein, sharks are older than trees.
They’ll kick your ass too. Source: hiked hundreds of miles therein
Isn’t that basically the plot of a season in the adventure zone?
Seems like North America has always had a thing for conservatism.
How does one pronounce Appalachian?
Depends where you’re from lol.
al-paca-i-en
App uh latch e en
Alternatively can be pronounced app uh latch in
Edit: been told I’m wrong
Not App uh Lay shin?
From Western PA and this is the pronunciation I grew up with (but all others were also accepted)
Yeah, Pittsburgh here, I totally say lay-shun.
It’s been said the Pittsburgh accent is one of the least attractive so maybe don’t go mimicking our diction.
I dunno, the way I typed it is how the robots in Fallout 76 pronounce it haha. I could very well be wrong.
You cheeky bastard!
The closer you get, the more it sounds like “App-uh-latch-uh”
Apple asian
TAKE ME HOME, COUNTRY ROAD
