MARYLAND AT A GLANCE

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Farmland, Catoctin (Washington County), Maryland, August 2004. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

1) Coastal Plain Province: extends from Atlantic Ocean to Fall Line, a natural line running from Delaware boundary, around head of Chesapeake Bay, through Baltimore, and southwest to Washington, where streams drop to lower land level;

2) Piedmont or "Foothill" Province: extends from Fall Line to base of Catoctin Mountains;

3) Blue Ridge Province: in western Frederick County;

4) Valley and Ridge Province: extends between South Mountain (Washington County) and Dans Mountain (Allegany County);

5) Appalachian Plateau Province: extends from base of Catoctin Mountains to western boundary of State.

Mean elevation, 350 feet.

Maximum elevation, 3,360 feet at Backbone Mountain.

New Germany Lake, New Germany State Park, Grantsville, Maryland, October 2015. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

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