Burnsville topographic map
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Name: Burnsville topographic map, elevation, terrain.
Location: Burnsville, Yancey County, North Carolina, United States (35.90734 -82.31252 35.92691 -82.28004)
Average elevation: 882 m
Minimum elevation: 789 m
Maximum elevation: 1,121 m
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United States > North Carolina > Yancey County
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The range is older than the other major mountain range in North America, the Rocky Mountains of the west. Some of the outcrops in the Appalachians contain rocks formed during the Precambrian era. The geologic processes that led to the formation of the Appalachian Mountains started 1.1 billion years ago. The…
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Mount Mitchell
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Average elevation: 1,743 m
