What is Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians?
{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2018}} {{Infobox valley |name = Lehigh Valley |other_name = |photo = Greatvalley-map.png |photo_size = |photo_caption = The [[Great Appalachian Valley]] includes the '''Lehigh Valley''' (5) depicted south of the Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians and between the [[Lebanon Valley|Lebanon]] (6) and [[Kittatinny Valley|Kittatinny]] (4) valleys. |location = [[Lehigh County, Pennsylvania|Lehigh County]]<br>[[Northampton County, Pennsylvania|Northampton County]] |elevation = | elevation_m = | elevation_ft = |elevation_ref = |direction = |length = |width = |boundaries = Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians [[Blue Mountain (Pennsylvania)|Blue Mountain]] (north)<br>[[South Mountain (eastern Pennsylvania)|South Mountain]] (south) <br>[[Delaware River]] (east)<br>[[Lebanon Valley]] (west) |towns = [[Allentown, Pennsylvania|Allentown]], [[Bethlehem, Pennsylvania|Bethlehem]], [[Easton, Pennsylvania|Easton]] |area_mi2=726}} [[File:Bristol tenn ridgelines2.jpg|thumb|300px|Ridges and valleys near [[Norton, Virginia]]]] [[File:Appalachian map.svg|thumb|250px|Ridge & valley positions in relation to the whole Appalachians]] The '''Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians''', also called the '''Ridge and Valley Province''' or the '''Valley and Ridge Appalachians''', are a part of the larger [[Appalachian Mountains]] area. They are an area in the Appalachians that goes from southeastern [[New York (state)|New York]] through northwestern [[New Jersey]], into [[Pennsylvania]] and through [[Maryland]], [[West Virginia]], [[Virginia]], [[Kentucky]], [[Tennessee]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] and [[Alabama]]. They are between the [[Blue Ridge Mountains]] and the [[Appalachian Plateau]] (the [[Allegheny]] and Cumberland plateaux). They have long, even [[ridge]]s with long [[valley]]s in between the ridges. The [[river]] valleys were areas where people have lived for thousands of years. The [[Cherokee|Cherokee people]] had camps along the rivers in western [[South Carolina]], [[North Carolina]] and on the western si