Located along the border with North Carolina

Great Valley

An elevated plain that surrounds the Central Basin

Has 3 areas: hilly strip of land (east), rolling hills and valleys (middle), and flat and low strip (west)

Begins east of Knoxville, flows south and southwest to Chattanooga, crosses into Alabama, then reenters Tennessee and heads north toward Kentucky

A part of the Blue Ridge Mountains and Great Smoky Mountains

Made up of flat-topped mountains and V-shaped valleys

Mostly flat, with small ravines and streams cutting through it

Includes the Mississippi Alluvial Plain

Enters from Kentucky, loops through Northern Tennessee in a westerly direction before flowing north back into Kentucky and eventually meets with the Ohio River

West of the Unaka Mountains

Valleys were carved out by rivers

A region of fertile land

On the western border

Nashville is located on this river

wide variety of plants and animals found there

Sometimes called the Appalachian Plateau

An oval area that is several hundred feet lower than the rim

Runs south along the western edge of Tennessee

The three Regions of Tennessee

Low ridges rise up between smaller valleys

Largest physical region of Tennessee

Also called the Nashville Basin

Memphis is located on this river

A resource found in all three regions of Tennessee