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I would place less emphasis on the correlation of what an area's elevation is to whether or not it's in the foothills. Atlanta (1,050') is at a higher elevation than Lake Lure (990'), but I would by no means consider Atlanta to be in the foothills and Lake Lure not based on an arbitrary cut-off in elevation of what is or is not foothills or Piedmont. Whether or not an area is in the foothills should be based on proximity to local relief (i.e. mountains). Lake Lure is within a couple of miles of peaks over 3,500', so it is literally at the foot of the mountains. Personally, I think saying Hickory is in the foothills because its elevation is over 1,000' is a bit of a stretch due to it not being within proximity of any mountains with significant relief.
I would place less emphasis on the correlation of what an area's elevation is to whether or not it's in the foothills. Atlanta (1,050') is at a higher elevation than Lake Lure (990'), but I would by no means consider Atlanta to be in the foothills and Lake Lure not based on an arbitrary cut-off in elevation of what is or is not foothills or Piedmont. Whether or not an area is in the foothills should be based on proximity to local relief (i.e. mountains). Lake Lure is within a couple of miles of peaks over 3,500', so it is literally at the foot of the mountains. Personally, I think saying Hickory is in the foothills because its elevation is over 1,000' is a bit of a stretch due to it not being within proximity of any mountains with significant relief.
In my post, I was just using the regional definitions used by the North Carolina Geological Survey.
It's highly subjective. I just saw a lot of elevation values being tossed around that are, in my opinion, more-or-less meaningless.
Yep, even within the Mountain Region there's still flats and deep valleys.
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