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Geological formations in Tennessee largely correspond with the state's topographic features, and, in general, decrease in age from east to west. Most of the Blue Ridge Mountains in the east were formed during the Precambrian era, and contain the state's oldest rocks, igneous strata that is more than 1 billion years old.
The Mississippi River as well as the Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers formed and cut deep into the valleys. The Nashville Basin, which in reality is a geologic dome, was pushed up from underneath by a mantle plume, exposing softer strata that with additional erosion on the Highland Rim surrounding the basin expanded the size of the basin. The ...
The three regions are geographically and culturally distinct. [9] East Tennessee's landscape is dominated by the Appalachian mountain chain, including the Great Smoky Mountains on the eastern border of the state, the ridge-and-valley region where East Tennessee's principal cities (Knoxville, Chattanooga, and the Tri-Cities) are located, and the rugged Cumberland Mountains.
Nashville Basin in Tennessee Nashville Basin fen. The Nashville Basin, also known as the Central Basin, is a term often used to describe the area surrounding Murfreesboro, Tennessee, in which Nashville is located. [1] The Central Basin was caused by an uplifting which produced a dome known as the Nashville Dome.
Tennessee is the 36th-largest by area and the 15th-most populous of the 50 states. Tennessee's population as of the 2020 United States census is approximately 6.9 million. [11] Tennessee is geographically, culturally, and legally divided into three Grand Divisions of East, Middle, and West Tennessee.
Mesozoic geology of Tennessee (1 C) Mining in Tennessee (4 C, 3 P) S. Stratigraphy of Tennessee (2 C, 1 P) Pages in category "Geology of Tennessee"
Module:Location map/data/USA Tennessee is a location map definition used to overlay markers and labels on an equirectangular projection map of the U.S. state of Tennessee. The markers are placed by latitude and longitude coordinates on the default map or a similar map image.
Tennessee geography-related lists (1 C, 19 P) B. Borders of Tennessee (1 C, 9 P) C. Camps in Tennessee (2 P) Tennessee counties (109 C, 96 P) County seats in ...