Geographical Terms on the Appalachian Trail.

[JAK]

Just for fun. Doesn't have to be unique to the AT, but you should try and give a named example, like Grafton Notch for Notch. I'll start with A.

A is for Aqueduct.
There are several Aqueducts near the AT. Not sure which is closest, or if any are on it.
e.g. Catoctin Creek Aqueduct

[JAK]

B is for Bald.
e.g. Silers Bald

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appalachian_balds
"The character and distribution of Appalachian balds remained stable from the time the first naturalists penetrated the region, until forestry regulations no longer permitted annual pasturing of local cattle. How and why a summit develops into a grassy bald is unknown; they represent "an ecological enigma and a conservation dilemma". ...

[Tinker]

C is for Cirque.
Example: Crocker Cirque in Maine (with a very nice campsite :)).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cirque

[Feral Bill]

D is for dome, eg. Clingmans Dome

Someone gonna do the artwork for a little kids book?

[Feral Bill]

E is for erosion. We don't cut switchbacks in order to avoid it.

Come on people, only 21 to go!

[jesse]

Fontana Dam

[Pedaling Fool]

Gault Clay

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gault

Sorry couldn't have it all be on the AT:D

[Gray Blazer]

hydrophyte

[4eyedbuzzard]

I is for incised stream, a stream or river that has cut into the land. Most stream and rivers are incised. The Pemigewasset River in NH, and the Hudson and Delaware rivers are incised streams.

[Kerosene]

Well, if we can use proper names, then J is for Jug End.

[ChinMusic]

Kill as in Peetskill or Catskill

Edit: In case folks missed that, "kill" is Dutch for something like a creek. This is a word probably more known to folks living in the northeast.

[rocketsocks]

L is for love to

[rocketsocks]

M= money,in bring lots of it,cause your gonna need it kid!

[BabySue]

N is for "nimbus," a dense threatening rain cloud

[mudhead]

Outcrop. .

[mudhead]

Peat.
Quartzite.

Reading comprehension zero. Amusement three.

[ocourse]

Ravine as in Sages Ravine

[Slo-go'en]

Ravine as in Sages Ravine

Darn, I was going to say R as in Rock.

[Stats 2012]

Shelter. Does that count? If not: Stand, as in a stand of trees.

[BabySue]

S - Springer
T - Talus, a sloping mass of debris at the foot of a cliff

[Cookerhiker]

U - Unaka - a real nice mountain in TN not far north of Erwin.

[teknologyguru]

V is for valley.

Because I'm sure you can look at a lot of them from the AT.

[Don H]

Whistling Gap campsite in south of Erwin. Where locals on horseback came through our camp one night.

[ChinMusic]

Xing - Mountain Xing

someone had to come up with something

[Cookerhiker]

Y is Yellow-blazing which none of us perpetrate ;)but "other people" do it all the time.:rolleyes:

Z is Zealand Falls and Zealand Notch in New Hampshire.

[Sarcasm the elf]

Excellent!

Also, congratulations on finding something for the letter X.

[JAK]

Not bad. Some good stuff there, and we got er done.