View of Plateau Escarpment from Monte Sano, Alabama
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This view from atop Monte Sano, Alabama, shows the plateau escarpment of the southwestern Appalachians, a heavily-dissected region of narrow ridges and steep gorges, in the foreground, descending to the lower elevations of the interior plateau visible in the distance.