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

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

A geographical area of the United States with no definite boundaries but comprising northeastern Alabama, northwestern Georgia, northwestern South Carolina, western North Carolina, eastern Kentucky, eastern Tennessee, western Virginia, West Virginia, western Maryland, southwestern Pennsylvania, southern Ohio, and southern New York.