Appalachia - an impoverished coal mining area in the Appalachian Mountains (from Pennsylvania to North Carolina)

eastern United States, East - the region of the United States lying north of the Ohio River and east of the Mississippi River

Alleghenies, Allegheny Mountains - the western part of the Appalachian Mountains; extending from northern Pennsylvania to southwestern Virginia

Blue Ridge, Blue Ridge Mountains - a range of the Appalachians extending from Pennsylvania to northern Georgia

Catskill Mountains, Catskills - a range of the Appalachians west of the Hudson in southeastern New York; includes many popular resort areas

Cumberland Mountains, Cumberland Plateau - the southwestern part of the Appalachians

Great Smoky Mountains - part of the Appalachians between North Carolina and Tennessee

chain of mountains, mountain chain, mountain range, range of mountains, range, chain - a series of hills or mountains; "the valley was between two ranges of hills"; "the plains lay just beyond the mountain range"