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The region's geologic setting and landscape history make the Potomac Highlands one of the most scenic areas within the central Appalachian Mountains.The eastern part of the region is within the Ridge and Valley physiographic province, where long, steep-sided mountain ridges alternate with parallel broad, flat valleys.
Geologic Map of West Virginia. West Virginia's geologic history stretches back into the Precambrian, and includes several periods of mountain building and erosion. At times, much of what is now West Virginia was covered by swamps, marshlands, and shallow seas, accounting for the wide variety of sedimentary rocks found in the state, as well as its wealth of coal and natural gas deposits.
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Lewis County, West Virginia, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in an online map. [1]
The region is characterized by its hilly countrysize and many valleys. It has well-developed economical, financial, and trade sectors. Khomas Region occupies 4.5% of the land area of Namibia [5] but has the highest population of any of its regions (16.2%). Khomas is one of only three Namibian regions to have neither shoreline nor a foreign border.
Chief Cornstalk Wildlife Management Area is located on 11,772 acres (4,764 ha) in Mason County near Southside, West Virginia. [2] Second growth oak-hickory and mixed hardwoods forests cover much of the rolling and moderately steep slopes.
West end of I-64 overlap; access only from US 60 east to I-64 east and from I-64 west to US 60 west; I-64 exit 181 176.9: 284.7: WV 311 south – Crows: Interchange; Eastbound exit and westbound entrance; northern terminus of WV 311; I-64 exit 183 177.8: 286.1: I-64 east / US 60 east – Lexington: Continuation into Virginia
The Washington Heritage Trail is a 136.0-mile (218.9 km) National Scenic Byway through the easternmost counties of West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle. The trail forms a loop through the three counties and traces the footsteps of George Washington and the marks his family left in the Eastern Panhandle. In addition to homes and sites related to ...
The Mountain Parkway Byway and Mountain Parkway Backway are two routes in northern Webster County, West Virginia.The Byway is a state-designated scenic byway which follows West Virginia Route 20 for 9.8 miles (15.8 km), traversing the headwaters of several mountain streams including the Right Fork Little Kanawha River, Jerry Run, and the Left and Laurel Forks of Holly River.