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Ancient Convergent Plate Boundary-Appalachian Mountain Range. The range is mostly located in the United States but extends into southeastern Canada, forming a zone from 100 to 300 mi (160 to 480 km) wide, running from the island of Newfoundland 1,500 mi (2,400 km) southwestward to Central Alabama in the United States.
Carbonates and sediments from mountains formed in the Appalachian Orogeny were away to form limey rocks in a shallow sea that was later uplifted and now forms the majority of Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio. The Appalachian Orogeny is an excellent example of a mountain building event resulting from tectonics.The Appalachian Orogeny resulted from three separate continental collisions formed the Appalachian Mountains and Allegheny Mountains at the end of the Paleozoic.he Appalachian Orogeny is an excellent example of a mountain building event resulting from tectonics.