Maryland Topography
The Appalachian Mountains
Features include:
The Allegheny Mountains
Deep Creek Lake, Maryland's largest lake
Backbone Mountain, Maryland's highest point of land
Mountains, valleys, lakes and streams
Forests, farms, orchards and vineyards
Sub-arctic swamp
350-million-year-old rock formations
The Piedmont Plateau
Features include:
Rolling hills, pasture and fertile farmland
Quarries and iron pits
Susquehanna and Monocacy rivers
Great Falls of the Potomac River
Fall line, where the Piedmont Plateau flattens into Atlantic Coastal Plain
The Atlantic Coastal Plain
Features include:
The Chesapeake Bay
Bay tributaries, swamps and marshes
The Atlantic Ocean