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Western Tennessee was also submerged by tropical seawater at times during the ensuing Tertiary period of the Cenozoic era. This sea was home to molluscs. [1] A few foraminiferans from Eocene Tennessee were preserved in the state's fossil record. [7] On land, Rivers also flowed through the state. Tennessee was variously covered in forests and ...
The state is about 440 miles (710 km) long from east to west and 112 miles (180 km) wide from north to south. Tennessee is geographically, culturally, economically, and legally divided into three Grand Divisions: East Tennessee, Middle Tennessee, and West Tennessee. As culturally and historically distinct regions, the Grand Divisions are ...
East Tennessee's major landforms. East Tennessee is located within three major geological divisions of the Appalachian Mountains: the Blue Ridge Mountains on the border with North Carolina in the east; the Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians (usually called the "Great Appalachian Valley" or "Tennessee Valley" [a]) in the center; and the Cumberland Plateau in the west, part of which is in Middle ...
Tennessee has 59 designated state parks, operated by the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC). The largest park, Justin P. Wilson Cumberland Trail, is made up of land along the Cumberland Trail, stretching from Cumberland Gap at the Virginia state line to Prentice Cooper State Forest in Marion County, just northwest of Chattanooga. [1]
East Tennessee State University Arboretum: East Tennessee State University: Johnson City: Gerald D. Coorts Memorial Arboretum: Tennessee Technological University: Cookeville: Hermitage Arboretum: Nashville: Interstate Packaging Arboretum: White Bluff: Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum: Knoxville: Louise Pearson Memorial Arboretum ...
[3] [4] The site became part of East Tennessee State University, and the Gray Fossil Site & Museum was opened on the site in 2007. The ancient habitat of the Gray Fossil Site was a pond formed within a sinkhole surrounded by a warm, wet forest. The fossils found at the site represent the ancient plants and animals that lived and died in and ...
Lady's Bluff Small Wild Area (also known as Ladyfinger Bluff Small Wild Area) is a small public access nature preserve managed by the Tennessee Valley Authority located along the Tennessee River in Perry County, Tennessee.
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