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Many major cities are located on the [[Atlantic Seaboard fall line]], the eastern boundary of the Piedmont. (In Georgia and Alabama, where the Piedmont runs mostly east to west, the fall line is its southern boundary.) The fall line, where the land rises abruptly from the coastal plain, marks the limit of navigability on many major rivers, so inland ports sprang up along it.

Within the Piedmont region itself, there are several areas of urban concentration, the largest being the [[Atlanta metropolitan area]] in Georgia. The Piedmont cuts [[Maryland]] in half, covering the [[Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area]]. In [[Virginia]], the [[Greater Richmond Region|Greater Richmond metropolitan area]] is the largest urban concentration. In North Carolina, the [[Piedmont Crescent]] includes several metropolitan clusters such as [[Charlotte metropolitan area]], the [[Piedmont Triad]], and the [[Research Triangle]]. Other notable areas include the [[Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC Combined Statistical Area]] in South Carolina, and the [[Philadelphia metropolitan area]] in Pennsylvania.

== See also ==