Valley and Ridge Province

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The Valley and Ridge Province is a long, folded belt of parallel ridges and valleys forming a distinctive geological and topographic region within the central and southern Appalachian Mountains.

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Generate an image of the Valley and Ridge Province (The Valley and Ridge Province is a long, folded belt of parallel ridges and valleys forming a distinctive geological and topographic region within the central and southern Appalachian Mountains.)

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geologic region ⓘ
physiographic province ⓘ
boundedBy Appalachian Plateau ⓘ
Blue Ridge Province ⓘ
linked to: Blue Ridge province
characterizedBy broad valleys ⓘ
long linear ridges ⓘ
contains Cumberland Valley ⓘ
linked to: Great Valley

Great Valley ⓘ
Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians ⓘ
Shenandoah Valley ⓘ
contrastsWith Appalachian Plateau Province ⓘ
linked to: Appalachian Plateau

Piedmont Province ⓘ
dominantRockType limestone ⓘ
sandstone ⓘ
shale ⓘ
drainedBy Ohio River tributaries ⓘ
Potomac River ⓘ
Susquehanna River ⓘ
Tennessee River ⓘ
extendsFrom New York ⓘ
extendsThrough Georgia ⓘ
Maryland ⓘ
Pennsylvania ⓘ
Tennessee ⓘ
Virginia ⓘ
West Virginia ⓘ
extendsTo Alabama ⓘ
formedBy faulting ⓘ
folding ⓘ
formedDuring Alleghanian orogeny ⓘ
linked to: Appalachian orogeny
geologicAge Paleozoic ⓘ
hasClimate humid continental in north ⓘ
humid subtropical in south ⓘ
hasEconomicResource coal in adjacent areas ⓘ
limestone quarries ⓘ
hasKarstFeatures caves in limestone valleys ⓘ
hasLandUse agriculture in valleys ⓘ
forestry on ridges ⓘ
hasRelief moderate to high ⓘ
hasSoils fertile valley soils ⓘ
hasStructure folded sedimentary rocks ⓘ
hasTopography parallel ridges and valleys ⓘ
locatedIn eastern United States ⓘ
orientationOfRidges northeast-southwest ⓘ
partOf Appalachian Highlands ⓘ
Appalachian Mountains ⓘ
physiographicDivisionOf United States ⓘ
recognizedBy United States Geological Survey ⓘ

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Referenced by (31)

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Appalachian Mountains → contains → Valley and Ridge Province ⓘ
Georgia → hasRegion → Ridge and Valley ⓘ
subject linked to: U.S. state of Georgia
linked to: Valley and Ridge Province
Appalachian orogeny → producedStructure → Appalachian fold-and-thrust belt ⓘ
linked to: Valley and Ridge Province
Appalachian orogeny → producedStructure → Valley and Ridge province ⓘ
linked to: Valley and Ridge Province
Appalachian Plateau → boundedBy → Valley and Ridge province ⓘ
linked to: Valley and Ridge Province
First Geological Survey of Pennsylvania → appliesToPart → Valley and Ridge Province in Pennsylvania ⓘ
linked to: Valley and Ridge Province
Blue Ridge province → separatedFrom → Valley and Ridge province ⓘ
linked to: Valley and Ridge Province
Tazewell County, Virginia → locatedIn → Valley and Ridge physiographic province ⓘ
linked to: Valley and Ridge Province
Loudon County → hasRegion → Valley and Ridge physiographic province ⓘ
linked to: Valley and Ridge Province
Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians → contains → Valley and Ridge Province (USGS) ⓘ
linked to: Valley and Ridge Province
Piedmont Province in Pennsylvania → boundedBy → Appalachian Mountain Section of the Ridge and Valley Province to the northwest ⓘ
linked to: Valley and Ridge Province
Second Geological Survey of Pennsylvania → focusArea → Valley and Ridge province in Pennsylvania ⓘ
linked to: Valley and Ridge Province
Kittatinny Valley → physiographicProvince → Valley and Ridge ⓘ
linked to: Valley and Ridge Province
Smoky Mountains foothills → geologyRelatedTo → Appalachian fold-and-thrust belt ⓘ
linked to: Valley and Ridge Province
Raphine, Virginia → locatedInPhysiographicProvince → Valley and Ridge province ⓘ
linked to: Valley and Ridge Province
West Fork of the Little Pigeon River → flowsWithin → Appalachian physiographic province ⓘ
linked to: Valley and Ridge Province
Jones Valley → geology → Valley and Ridge province ⓘ
linked to: Valley and Ridge Province
Appalachian Highlands division → includes → Valley and Ridge Province ⓘ
Appalachian geology → studies → Valley and Ridge Province ⓘ
Cowpasture River → region → Valley and Ridge province ⓘ
linked to: Valley and Ridge Province
Oxford Township, New Jersey → isInPhysiographicRegion → Ridge and Valley region of New Jersey ⓘ
linked to: Valley and Ridge Province
Town of Grottoes, Virginia → locatedInPhysiographicProvince → Valley and Ridge province ⓘ
linked to: Valley and Ridge Province
Town of Timberville, Virginia → locatedInPhysiographicRegion → Valley and Ridge province ⓘ
linked to: Valley and Ridge Province
McGaheysville, Virginia → locatedInPhysiographicProvince → Valley and Ridge Province ⓘ
subject linked to: Town of McGaheysville, Virginia
Woodstock, Virginia → locatedInPhysiographicProvince → Valley and Ridge ⓘ
linked to: Valley and Ridge Province
North Fork Holston River → drainageBasin → Valley and Ridge province ⓘ
linked to: Valley and Ridge Province
Massanutten Mountain → geologicProvince → Valley and Ridge Province ⓘ
Chattahoochee River basin → ecoregion → Ridge and Valley ⓘ
linked to: Valley and Ridge Province
Eastern Tennessee Seismic Zone → geologicProvince → Valley and Ridge province ⓘ
linked to: Valley and Ridge Province
R.B. Winter State Park → locatedInRegion → Ridge and Valley region ⓘ
linked to: Valley and Ridge Province
Elkton, Virginia → locatedInPhysiographicProvince → Valley and Ridge Province ⓘ