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The Blue Ridge Mountains are a physiographic province of the larger Appalachian Mountains range. This province consists of northern and southern physiographic regions, which divide near the Roanoke River gap.
The Appalachian Mountains include from west to east: the Appalachian Plateau, Valley and Ridge, the Blue Ridge Province, and the Piedmont Region. The Blue Ridge Province is bounded on the west by the Great Smokies Fault near the Tennessee boundary and on the east by the Brevard Fault Zone.