Just Where Do We Live?

We all know the name of the county we live in - Berkshire. But what about the name of those mountains out your window? And does the term "The Berkshires" include our neighbors to the east, west, north and south of Berkshire County? Is "The Berkshires" just a marketing term, or does it denote a specific place with specific boundaries? Is it a state ...

[Let it Ring]

"These highlands were formed more than a half-billion years ago when Africa collided with North America, pushing the Appalachian Mountains north."
i don't know where Benning De LaMater went to school, but i think according to the geologic timeline, and by consulting a simple globe, they should have realized that africa never connected with north america, in fact it seperated from south america...
is this the kind of country we live in? where even the people we trust to tell us facts in the news have no idea where continents sit on this planet? where africa sits below the equator connected to north america via panama?

[SAL]

lived there for years & years & years-- used to be young-- now I'm old-- miss you all-- good by--

[fact teller]

The Berkshire are in Massachusetts only and the heart of the Berkshires is Berkshire, Mass where the spring is located.

Vermont has The Green Mountains, NY has the Taconic Range and Connecticut has, well, I don't know what they have...

[OMG]

Actually, it's the tectonic plates that North America and Africa sit on -- you can look it up in any respectable encyclopedia. Although I believe he should have mentioned the influence of glaciers on this area.

[Unimpressed]

Oh, ok sure.

[sgreen]

Let it Ring wrote:

"These highlands were formed more than a half-billion years ago when Africa collided with North America, pushing the Appalachian Mountains north."
i don't know where Benning De LaMater went to school, but i think according to the geologic timeline, and by consulting a simple globe, they should have realized that africa never connected with north america, in fact it seperated from south america...
is this the kind of country we live in? where even the people we trust to tell us facts in the news have no idea where continents sit on this planet? where africa sits below the equator connected to north america via panama?

I'm looking at a National Geographic map...Northwest Africa connected to the east coast of North America. Then they separated into two supercontinents: Laurasia and Gondwana ~165 million years ago.