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== Berkshires == |
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This article needs to differentiate different ranges or massifs making up the "Berkshires". Geologically speaking, there is a western massachusetts upland starting near the center of the state that gradually rises westward. This upland is interrupted by the Pioneer (Connecticut River) Valley that happens to be a downfaulted block of land called a "graben" by geologists as far north as Greenfield. |
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Uplands resume west of this graben above slopes some 200 meters high that must originally have been a fault escarpment. The first few rows of towns along the top of this escarpment and in the narrow river valleys (Westfield and Deerfield) through these hills are known as the "Hilltowns". Further west and perhaps two hundred meters higher are the Berkshires proper. There is no clearcut boundary between Hilltowns and Bershire mountains and the distinction may be geologically trivial. |
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The Berkshires proper are bounded on the west by a series of valleys. These are drained by the Housatonic River in the south and the Hoosic in the North. Apparently there is limestone or dolomite underlying these valleys, even some respectable caves. Finally the Taconic Range rises beyond these valleys along the Massachusetts-New York border. The Taconic Range is geologically distinct from the Berkshires and includes Mt. Greylock, the state's highest mountain, just over 1,000 meters. The Berkshires are more plateau or massif than a range of mountains, while the Taconics are narrower and more of a conventional mountain range. |
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The Berkshire-Hilltown uplands continue south into Connecticut as hills and north into Vermont as the Green Mountains and less famously into New Hampshire as mountains that don't seem to have a collective name (the White Mountains start further north). The Taconics continue into Connecticut and Vermont as well, and overlap into New York. They also generally become higher to the north. |
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Well, I'm no expert but I hope my borderline incompetence provokes a geographer or geologist into writing something more definitive. |
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- Regional map much needed + ASSERT EXPERT TEMPLATE and 'geo-stub for attention
(One showing other NEARBY mountain regions WITH DIFFERENTIATION)
- I was trying to see the Catskills extent relative to the map in Appalachian Plateau... but others would have a similar need trying to distinquish between the Green Mountains,VT; The Berkshires in MA; and Adirondack Mountains. et. al. don't you agree? FrankB 18:16, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
- never put stub templates on a talk page! BL Lacertae - kiss the lizard 00:52, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
Berkshires
This article needs to differentiate different ranges or massifs making up the "Berkshires". Geologically speaking, there is a western massachusetts upland starting near the center of the state that gradually rises westward. This upland is interrupted by the Pioneer (Connecticut River) Valley that happens to be a downfaulted block of land called a "graben" by geologists as far north as Greenfield.
Uplands resume west of this graben above slopes some 200 meters high that must originally have been a fault escarpment. The first few rows of towns along the top of this escarpment and in the narrow river valleys (Westfield and Deerfield) through these hills are known as the "Hilltowns". Further west and perhaps two hundred meters higher are the Berkshires proper. There is no clearcut boundary between Hilltowns and Bershire mountains and the distinction may be geologically trivial.
The Berkshires proper are bounded on the west by a series of valleys. These are drained by the Housatonic River in the south and the Hoosic in the North. Apparently there is limestone or dolomite underlying these valleys, even some respectable caves. Finally the Taconic Range rises beyond these valleys along the Massachusetts-New York border. The Taconic Range is geologically distinct from the Berkshires and includes Mt. Greylock, the state's highest mountain, just over 1,000 meters. The Berkshires are more plateau or massif than a range of mountains, while the Taconics are narrower and more of a conventional mountain range.
The Berkshire-Hilltown uplands continue south into Connecticut as hills and north into Vermont as the Green Mountains and less famously into New Hampshire as mountains that don't seem to have a collective name (the White Mountains start further north). The Taconics continue into Connecticut and Vermont as well, and overlap into New York. They also generally become higher to the north.
Well, I'm no expert but I hope my borderline incompetence provokes a geographer or geologist into writing something more definitive.