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    Henagar, Alabama (category Cities in DeKalb County, Alabama)
    Henagar is located on top of Sand Mountain, a southern extension of the Cumberland Plateau. Henagar was first settled circa 1855. The town is named after an...
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    southeastern Queensland. Sir Paul de Strzelecki. Cossack. U.S. Pacific Coast, Pacific Northwest. Allegheny Mountains, Cumberland Plateau. " The Historyscoper – explorers...
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    along the western edge of the Cumberland Plateau, and the Redbird Purchase, located on the east of the Cumberland Plateau.: S-8  The terrain is generally...
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    Appalachian Plateaus, including the Mowhawk, Catskill, Southern New York, Allegheny Mountain, Kanawha, Cumberland Plateau, and Cumberland Mountain sections...
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    Caney Fork River (category Rivers of Cumberland County, Tennessee)
    southwestern Cumberland Plateau and southeastern Highland Rim regions. It is a major tributary of the Cumberland River, and is part of the Cumberland, Ohio and...
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    Warren County is a county located on the Cumberland Plateau in Middle Tennessee, one of the three Grand Divisions of the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of...
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    "range" and the more general Appalachian Mountains. These plateaus, such as the Allegheny Plateau, are considered provinces of the Appalachian Highlands...
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    Crossville, Alabama (category Towns in DeKalb County, Alabama)
    southern extension of the Cumberland Plateau. Crossville is a farming community in northeast Alabama, situated on the sandstone plateau of Sand Mountain. The...
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    Rainsville, Alabama (category Cities in DeKalb County, Alabama)
    Rainsville is located on top of Sand Mountain, a southern extension of the Cumberland Plateau. Rainsville was incorporated in October 1956. An EF5 tornado struck...
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  • consists of 13,000 acres (53 km2) of scenic mountain property atop the Cumberland Plateau, with the developed portion occupying about 1,000 acres (4.0 km2)...
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    Sand Mountain (Alabama) (category Plateaus of the United States)
    it is the largest plateau in the chain. Geologically a continuation of Walden Ridge, Sand Mountain is part of the Cumberland Plateau, separated from the...
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    America. ISBN 978-1-881139-13-3. Manning, Russ (1999). The Historic Cumberland Plateau: An Explorer's Guide. Univ. of Tennessee Press. p. 106. ISBN 978-1-57233-044-3...
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    some of the highest elevations in eastern North America, and the Cumberland Plateau contains many scenic valleys and waterfalls. The central part of the...
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  • Regions of Kentucky include: Bluegrass Cumberland Plateau or Eastern Coal Field Jackson Purchase Pennyroyal Plateau Western Coal Field Regions of Louisiana...
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    the Cumberland Plateau and Ridge-and-Valley regions. Both the Cumberland Plateau and Cumberland Mountains are part of the larger Appalachian Plateau. The...
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    Highland Rim, which completely surrounds the Nashville Basin. The Cumberland Plateau is located in the eastern part of the region. Culturally, Middle Tennessee...
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  • Black Hills (Wind Cave, Jewel Cave) Tennessee Cumberland Plateau Grassy Cove Karst Area Texas Edwards Plateau, Texas and its northern extensions, including...
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    White County's Cumberland Plateau region between Sparta and Crossville. Along with the adjacent areas of Bon Air and Ravenscroft, DeRossett is part of...
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    grades six through twelve. It is located in Sewanee, Tennessee on the Cumberland Plateau between Nashville and Chattanooga and adjacent to the University of...
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    Alleghenies are Altoona, State College, and Johnstown, Pennsylvania; and Cumberland, Maryland. Using the USGS classification of physical geography (physiography)...
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    the Cumberland Plateau was strongly Unionist which meant that any Rebels operating there would be quickly reported back to the Army of the Cumberland; in...
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    the county's border with Van Buren, Warren and DeKalb. The river descends from the Cumberland Plateau to the Highland Rim through Scott's Gulf, a dramatic...
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    regions part of the Cumberland Plateau, marked by tablelands incised with gorges, some of them, such as Little River Canyon in DeKalb County, of considerable...
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    Battle of Fontenoy (category Prince William, Duke of Cumberland)
    defeated a Pragmatic Army of roughly the same size, led by the Duke of Cumberland. By 1745, five years of war had brought France close to financial bankruptcy...
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    Little River Canyon National Preserve (category Protected areas of DeKalb County, Alabama)
    historically called "May's Gulf", "gulf" being a common term throughout the Cumberland Plateau for this sort of feature. Prior to being assigned to the National...
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    the Cumberland Plateau, or Tennessee Valley region, broken into broad tablelands by the dissection of rivers. In the northern part of this plateau, west...
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    the Cumberland Plateau, the Tennessee Valley, and across the valley, the Great Smoky Mountains. The Crab Orchard Mountains rise along the Cumberland Plateau...
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    The city is situated at the base of the eastern escarpment of the Cumberland Plateau, known locally as Walden Ridge. The boundary between the Eastern Time...
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    Falling Water River (category Tributaries of the Cumberland River)
    United States. It rises just west of Monterey at the edge of the Cumberland Plateau, and traverses the Eastern Highland Rim before dropping off to the...
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    Interstate 40 in Tennessee (category Transportation in Cumberland County, Tennessee)
    Highland Rim and Nashville Basin in Middle Tennessee, and the Cumberland Plateau, Cumberland Mountains, Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians, and Blue Ridge Mountains...
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