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Tennessee
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•3 Grand Divisions are
•Borders 8 states
represented on the flag by
Missouri
the 3 stars
Alabama
•A confederate state
Arkansas
•Has 3 major rivers
Mississippi
•Capital is Nashville
Georgia
•State bird is the mocking
Virginia
bird
North Carolina
•State animal is the
Kentucky
Raccoon
•State flower is the Iris •Highest point is
Clingmans Dome 16,645 ft
•Lowest point is the
Mississippi Bottoms 178 ft
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•3 Grand Divisions are
•36th Largest State
represented on the flag by
•From North to South it is
the 3 stars
only 100 miles wide
•A confederate state
•Shape of the state is long
•Has 3 major rivers
and narrow
•Capital is Nashville
•From East to West it is
•State bird is the mocking 500 miles long
bird
•Great Smoky Mountains
•State animal is the
on the North Carolina
Raccoon
Border
•State flower is the Iris •The average elevation is
900 ft above sea level
Key Terms
• Elevation
• Coves
• Plateau
• Escarpment
• Bottoms
• Watershed
• Hydroelectric
power
• Ecosystem
Physical Regions
of Tennessee
Valley and
Ridge
Unaka
mountains
Highland rim
Cumberland
plateau
Gulf Coastal
Plain
Central Basin
Ridge and Valley
•Also called the Appalachian Ridge and
Valley Region
•Stretches westward 30 to 60 miles
•Fertile valleys separated by parallel
ridges covered forests
•Eastern part forms a section of the
Great Valley which is part of the Great
Appalachian Valley
Unaka Moutains
•Lies along the eastern ridge
•Called the Blue Ridge
•Many valleys and sheltered hollows called
coves
•Includes several mountain ranges: Bald
Mountains, Great Smoky Mountains,
Chilhowee Mountains Snowbird Mountains,
•Clingmans Dome is part of the smoky
mountains
•Near the border of North Carolina
Cumberland Plateau
Lies west of the Valley and Ridge region
and has an elevation that is about 750
feet higher
Is a large area of land that is fairly flat
Flat topped highlands ranging between
1500-1800 feet above sea level
Have deep v-shaped valleys and wide Ushaped river valleys
Makes up part of Middle Tennessee
Central Basin
•Makes up part of Middle Tennessee
•Also called the Nashville Basin
•Has fertile land for about 60 miles
•It is lower than the surrounding
Highland Rim
Highland Rim
•Is the largest of Tennessee’s physical
regions
•It is an elevated plain that has caves
and underground streams
•Its elevation drops about a 1000 feet
from the Cumberland Plateau to the
Central Basin
Gulf Coastal Plain
•Region begins at the Gulf of Mexico and extends
inland
•Has 3 sections
•Easternmost section is hilly strip of land that
extends in 10 miles to the western bank of the
Tennessee River
•The 2nd section is west of the narrow strip that is
rolling hills and wide stream valleys called the
bottoms (Tennessee Bottoms)
•3rd section is north of the Memphis and extends
along the Mississippi River. Averaging less than
300 feet above sea level know as a Delta
Physical Geography
Middle
Tennessee
West
Tennessee
East
• Drained by
Tennessee
the
• Unaka
Cumberland
Moutains, Valley
and Ridge,
River
Cumberland
Plateau
• Copper
Bodies
of
Water
Mississippi
River
Bodies
of
Water
Tennessee
River
Cumberland
River
Climate and Weather
• Climate is moderate
• Our climate is determined by elevation
• West TN has warmer summers because it is
closer to sea level
• East TN tends to be cooler
• West and Middle TN have average winter
temp. of 50 degrees
• East TN has colder winters with average of 37
degrees total snowfall is 10-16 inches
Climate and Weather cont.
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March is the wettest month
September and October are the driest
Main source of moisture is the Gulf of Mexico
Great Valley has an average precipitation of 10
inches
• Elevation also effects the amount of
precipitation the higher you are the more it
rains
• The Great Basin averages 5-10 inches a year
• Tennessee’s eastern border mountains receive
more than 20-30 inches of rain a year. This is
twice as much as the Cumberland Plateau
Natural Resources
• Half of the state is covered in forest
• More than 200 species of trees can be found
in TN
• Many of the hardwoods are still found in TN
(oak, maple, beeches, walnuts, hickories,
poplars)
• Many common animals include turkey, deer,
raccoons, and opossums