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State (Eastern Kentucky University) Virgin tract of mixed mesophytic forest. Red River Gorge: 1975: Menifee, Powell, Wolfe: Federal (Daniel Boone National Forest) Contains examples of many geological formations, including 41 natural bridges.
The Western Allegheny Plateau ecoregion is located on the western Allegheny Plateau, which is within the central region of the Appalachian Plateau. [3] [4]The World Wildlife Fund defines the ecoregion as being the northern part of the Appalachian mixed mesophytic forests.
The Cumberland Gap National Historical Park is a United States National Historical Park located at the border between Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia, centered on the Cumberland Gap, a natural break in the Appalachian Mountains. The park lies in parts of Bell and Harlan counties in Kentucky, Claiborne County in Tennessee, and Lee County in
The crest of the range forms the Kentucky and Virginia boundary from the Tennessee border to the Russell Fork River. [1] Variant names of the Cumberland Mountains include Cumberland Mountain, Cumberland Range, Ouasioto Mountains, Ouasiota Mountains, Laurel Mountain, and Pine Mountain. [1] They are named for Prince William, Duke of Cumberland. [2]
USGS physiographic map of Kentucky showing the location of the Knobs. The Knobs Region or The Knobs is located in the US state of Kentucky. It is a narrow, arc-shaped region consisting of hundreds of isolated hills. The region wraps around the southern and eastern parts of the Bluegrass region in the north central to northeastern part of the state.
This uncovered area acted as a refuge for species that were forced southward. After the ice receded, some species spread back north, but many stayed in the southern Appalachians. [7] Because temperature declines with increased elevation, the varying topography of the mountains forms microclimates that mimic both northern and southern latitudes. [5]
This is a list of properties and historic districts in Kentucky that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. There are listings in all of Kentucky's 120 counties . The locations of National Register properties and districts (at least for all showing latitude and longitude coordinates below), may be seen in an online map by ...
Kentucky has both the largest artificial lake east of the Mississippi in water volume (Lake Cumberland) and surface area (Kentucky Lake). Kentucky Lake's 2,064 miles (3,322 km) of shoreline, 160,300 acres (64,900 hectares) of water surface, and 4,008,000 acre-feet (4.9 billion cubic meters) of flood storage are the most of any lake in the TVA ...