Blue Ridge Mts
What is the highest point in TN and what is it's height? Specific
Clingman's Dome, 6,643ft
Elevated, and are usually sharply defined and narrow and run parallel to one another.
What are "ridges"?
Not much farming.
What is "thin, rocky soil"?
Surrounds the Nashville Basin.
Eastern and Western Highland Rim
Lower land surrounded by higher lands.
What is a "basin"?
An area built up from soil left by river floods.
What is an "alluvial plain"?
Only natural lake in TN.
What is "Reel Foot Lake"?
Two things that TN's long growing season provides.
What are " long growing season for crops and ideal for all types of outdoor activities"?
Name of grassy mountain summits with no trees.
What are "balds"?
Two rivers that occupy the northern part of the Great Valley and were routes for early pioneers into East TN.
What are the "Clinch and Holston Rivers"?
Contains rich mineral.
What is "coal"?
What is the "Eastern Highland Rim"?
State capital.
What is "Nashville"?
Steep cliffs, escarpments.
What are "bluffs"?
TN three largest rivers.
What are the "Cumberland, Tennessee, & Mississippi"?
Summer temperatures.
What is "85 - 95 F"?
Two types of trees found in Blue Ridge Mts.
What are hardwoods and conifers?
Deciduous and Coniferous
The tri-cities.
What are "Bristol, Kingsport, and Johnson City"?
Major river in this region.
What is the "Sequatchie River"?
Mostly low hills.
What is the" Western Highland Rim"?
Major river in this region.
What is the "Cumberland"?
The lowest part of the state.
What are the "Mississippi Bottoms"?
Small rivers that flow into larger rivers.
What are "tributaries"?
Winter temperatures.
What are "30 - 40F"?
Cherokee word meaning "white smoke".
What is "Unaka"?
The majority of the population found in East TN.
What is the Great Valley of TN?
A flat-topped upland bounded on the east and west by steep slopes.
What is a "plateau"?
Not easily farmed.
Four rivers found in this region.
What are the "Cumberland, Duck, Elk, and Harpeth"?
Tennessees largest _ are found here.
What are "farms"?
Two purposes for building dams.
What are " hydroelectricity and flood control"?
Average yearly precipitation.
What is "50 inches a year"?
Unique about the Blue Ridge Mts.
What is, "more types of trees than in all of Europe"?
The secret city.
What is "Oak Ridge"?
Largest waterfall in TN.
What is "Fall Creek Falls"?
Has more of these than any other TN region.
What is "caves"?
Two major cities located in the Nashville Basin, besides Nashville.
What are "Murfreesboro and Clarksville"?
Four major crops produced in this region.
What are "cotton, soybeans, corn, and tobacco"?
Major fault line that runs along the western border of TN.
What is the "New Madrid fault line"?
Hottest and coldest months.
What are "July and January"?