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Largest cave in West Virginia. Shavers Mountain Spruce-Hemlock Stand: 1974 Randolph: Federal An old-growth stand of red spruce and hemlock trees. Part of Monongahela National Forest. Sinnett-Thorn Mountain Cave System: 1973 Pendleton: Private Cave system with waterfalls and deep pits.
The property, previously known as Terzia Game Preserve, under cooperative agreements with the state of Louisiana since 1935, was renamed Georgia Pacific WMA in 1966. Georgia Pacific Corporation transferred the property to a subsidy, The Timber Company , and the property was acquired by Plum Creek Timber Company during a 2001 merger.
In January 2008, The Nature Conservancy and West Virginia Division of Natural Resources announced they had acquired 4,584 acres (1,855 ha) of land adjacent to New River Gorge from Mountain Top Management, Inc. [3] The land, which borders the Gorge for 4.5 miles (7.2 km), was purchased by the Nature Conservancy for $1,000 an acre [4] and leased to the Division of Natural Resources.
Backbone Mountain: 3684 / 1123 Flat Top Mountain: 3560 / 1085 Highest elevation achieved at Huff Knob Castle Mountain (Pendleton) 3410 / 1039 There are two Castle Mountains in West Virginia Crumpler Mountain (McDowell County, West Virginia) 3377 / 1020 Cherokee Mountain (McDowell County, West Virginia) 3190 / 1001 New Creek Mountain: 3094 / 940
Atchafalaya Basin. The wetlands of Louisiana are water-saturated coastal and swamp regions of southern Louisiana, often called "Bayou".. The Louisiana coastal zone stretches from the border of Texas to the Mississippi line [1] and comprises two wetland-dominated ecosystems, the Deltaic Plain of the Mississippi River (unit 1, 2, and 3) and the closely linked Chenier Plain (unit 4). [2]
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.
There are numerous sandstone outcroppings along the crest of the mountain and a number of high mountain bogs on Pine Swamp Ridge. [1] Peters Mountain Mallow, one of the rarest plants in the United States, is unique to the mountain. It is protected in a 398-acre preserve purchased by the Nature Conservancy of Virginia that is located just ...
Many landforms in West Virginia that are named 'mountain' are actually ridges and are categorized as such; Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mountains of West Virginia; See also categories Mountain ranges of West Virginia, Ridges of West Virginia