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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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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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