TN Geography Vocab

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Largest land region in Tennessee, west of Highland Rim and Nashville Basin, extending from the Gulf of Mexico to southern Illinois, ending in bluffs overlooking the Mississippi River in Memphis.

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Gulf Coastal Plain

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Geographic term for the area in Tennessee around the Central Basin, with Nashville surrounded by higher terrain.

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Highland Rim

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Central Basin, surrounding Murfreesboro, TN, caused by uplifting forming the Nashville Dome.

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Nashville Basin

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The southern part of the Appalachian Plateau in the Appalachian Mountains includes much of eastern Kentucky and Tennessee, and portions of northern Alabama and northwest Georgia.

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Cumberland Plateau

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Major landform of eastern North America, a gigantic trough and central feature of the Appalachian system.

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Great Valley

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Mountain range along the TN-NC border, part of the Appalachian Mountains and Blue Ridge Province.

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Great Smoky Mountains

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Letter showing the Great Smoky Mountains?

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F

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Gulf Coastal Plains: Which letter?

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A

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Nashville Basin section?

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C

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Highland Rim section?

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B