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Windows Live® Search Results Black Mountains, range of the Allegheny Mountains, forming the highest mountain group of the Appalachian system. The Black Mountains lie in western North Carolina and are called “black” because of the dark growth of evergreens covering their summits. The highest peak, Mount Mitchell (2,037 m/6,684 ft), is the highest point in the United States east of the Mississippi River. Several other peaks in the group are more than 2,000 m (6,500 ft) high.
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