18 States - North Carolina, Ohio, Alabama, Connecticut, New York, Georgia, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Tennessee, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Vermont, West Virginia, and Virginia. The Appalachain mountains are found in these states, so it is only logical sediments could be found inside of them.
Christianity, Islam, and Judaism are Abrahamic religions and Hinduism is not. Most Abrahamic religions are centered in Jerusalem, Hinduism is centered around India I'm pretty sure
