Cumberland Valley
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The Great Appalachian Valley includes the Cumberland Valley (7) depicted southeast of the Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians and between the Lebanon (8) and Shenandoah (9) valleys.
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Cumberland Valley
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Location | Cumberland County, Pennsylvania Franklin County, Pennsylvania Washington County, Maryland |
Floor elevation | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). |
Long-axis direction | northeast-southwest |
Long-axis length | 73 miles (117 km) |
Width | 12 miles (19 km) |
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Bounded by | Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians (west/north) South Mountain (east/south) Susquehanna River (east) Potomac River (south) |
Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Population centers | In Pennsylvania: Harrisburg, Carlisle, Mechanicsburg, Shippensburg, Chambersburg, Greencastle, Waynesboro In Maryland: Hagerstown |
The Cumberland Valley is a northern constituent valley of the Great Appalachian Valley, within the Atlantic Seaboard watershed in Pennsylvania and Maryland. The Appalachian Trail crosses through the valley.
Geography
The valley is bound to the west and north by the Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians (Bear Pond Mountains/Blue Mountain), to the east and south by South Mountain, to the northeast by the Susquehanna River at Harrisburg, and to the south by the Potomac River. The portion of the valley residing in Maryland is sometimes referred to as the Hagerstown Valley.
The Cumberland Valley Railroad, the Cumberland Valley AVA wine region, and the Cumberland Valley School District are named for the region.[1]
Settlements
Cities in the Cumberland Valley include Harrisburg, Pennsylvania,[2] and Hagerstown, Maryland. Pennsylvania boroughs include Camp Hill, Mechanicsburg, Carlisle, Shippensburg, Chambersburg, Waynesboro, and Greencastle.
See also
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- Valleys of Pennsylvania
- Valleys of Maryland
- Landforms of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
- Landforms of Franklin County, Pennsylvania
- Landforms of Washington County, Maryland
- Regions of Maryland
- Regions of Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania geography stubs
- Franklin County, Pennsylvania geography stubs
- Washington County, Maryland geography stubs