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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.
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.
US 51 at the Mississippi state line in Memphis: US 45 at the Kentucky state line in South Fulton: 1923: current Mostly unsigned companion route for US 51 SR 4: 17.1: 27.5 US 78 at the Mississippi state line in Shelby County: US 64/US 70/US 79/SR 1 in Memphis: 1923: current Unsigned companion route for US 78 SR 5: 120.0: 193.1
Once at the Tennessee River in the western part of the state, the border shifts south onto the actual 36°30′ parallel. [5] An 1818 survey erroneously placed the state's southern border 1 mile (1.6 km) south of the 35th parallel; Georgia legislators continue to dispute this placement, as it prevents Georgia from accessing the Tennessee River. [6]
Its lowest point, 178 feet (54 m), is on the Mississippi River at the Mississippi state line in Memphis. [5] Tennessee has the most caves in the United States, with more than 10,000 documented. [192] Geological formations in Tennessee largely correspond with the state's topographic features, and, in general, decrease in age from east to west.
The State Route System of Tennessee is maintained and developed by the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) in the U.S. state of Tennessee. Currently the state has 14,150 miles (22,770 km) of state-maintained roadways, including 1,233 miles (1,984 km) of Interstate Highways and 13,077 miles (21,045 km) of State Highways. [ 2 ]
Map of the United States with Tennessee highlighted These directional signs in Crossville, photographed in 1937 by Ben Shahn as part of a New Deal program, helped travelers find their way to other Tennessee cities and towns. Tennessee is a state located in the Southern United States. There are 346 municipalities in the state of Tennessee.
Tennessee is the 36th most extensive and the 16th most populous of the 50 United States. Tennessee was admitted to the Union as the 16th state on June 1, 1796. Tennessee was the last state to leave the Union and join the Confederacy at the outbreak of the U.S. Civil War in 1861, and the first state to be readmitted to the Union at the end of ...