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Catskill Mountains
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mountain range in the southeastern portion of the U.S. state of New York
Key facts
- Peak
- Slide Mountain
- Elevation
- 4,180 ft (1,270 m)
- Length
- 111 mi (179 km) N/S
- Width
- 102 mi (164 km) E/W
- Area
- 15,259 km (5,892 mi )
- Country
- United States
- State
- New York
- Region
- Hudson Valley , Southern Tier , Mohawk Valley
- Counties
- Delaware Greene Schoharie Sullivan Ulster
- Rivers
- East Branch Delaware River Esopus Creek Neversink River Rondout Creek Schoharie Creek West Branch Delaware River
- Communities
- Ellenville Fleischmanns Hunter Liberty Margaretville Hancock, New York Palenville Phoenicia Shandaken Shokan Tannersville Wawarsing Windham Woodstock
- Parent range
- Appalachian ( Allegheny Plateau )
- Borders on
- Poconos Shawangunk Ridge Hudson Valley Great Appalachian Valley Mohawk Valley
- Rock ages
- Devonian Mississippian
- Rock type
- Sedimentary
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Area
- 15259
- Elevation
- 4180
- Image
- Central Catskills from Twin south summit.jpg
- Width
- 102
- Length
- 180
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The Catskill Mountains, also known as the Catskills, are a physiographic province and subrange of the larger Appalachian Mountains, located in southeastern New York. As a cultural and geographic region, the Catskills are generally defined as those areas close to or within the borders of the Catskill Park, a 700,000-acre (2,800 km) forest preserve protected from many forms of development under New York state law.
Geologically, the Catskills are a mature dissected plateau, a flat region subsequently uplifted and eroded into sharp relief by watercourses. The Catskills form the northeastern end of the Allegheny Plateau (also known as the Appalachian Plateau).