Itįlows southwesterly along the Alabama-Mississippi line, and then flows northward across Is formed by the juncture of the Holston and French Broad rivers at Knoxville. The Nashville area before tuning northward to re-enter Kentucky. The Cumberland River, which drains north-central portions of Tennessee, rises in theĬumberland Mountains in Kentucky, flows southwestward, then south into Tennessee reaching Near the end of their courses to join the Ohio River along the Kentucky-Illinois border. Otherwise,ĭrainage is into either the Cumberland or Tennessee Rivers, both of which flow northward Through several relatively small rivers directly into the Mississippi River. The extreme western section of the state is drained Tennessee, except for a small area east of Chattanooga, lies entirely within the drainage This region is defined as Division 1 (East Tennessee). Smoky Mountains, the most rugged and elevated portion of Tennessee, with numerous Along the Tennessee-North Carolina border lie the Great Which slopes from 1,500 feet in the north to 700 feet in the south, is a series of The Great Smoky Mountains to the east, is a funnel-shaped valley varying in widthįrom about 30 miles in the south to about 90 miles in the north. The Great Valley, paralleling the Plateau to the west and This region is defined as DivisionĢ (Cumberland Plateau). The Great Valley of East Tennessee on the east. The Cumberland Plateau, with an averageĮlevation of 2,000 feet extends roughly northeast-southwest across the state in aīelt 30 to 50 miles wide, being bounded on the west by the Highland Rim and overlooking Is defined as Division 3 (Middle Tennessee). With a crescent of hills reaching to over 1,000 feet south of Nashville. The Central Basin which is a rolling plain of about 600 feet average elevation, but The Highland Rim ranges from about 600 feet in elevationĪlong the Tennessee River to 1,000 feet in the east and rises 300 to 400 feet above The Cumberland Plateau in the east, together with the enclosed Central Basin make Highland Rim, in a wide circle touching the Tennessee River Valley in the west and This region is defined as Division 4 (West Tennessee). To 250 feet in the west to about 600 feet above sea level in the hills overlooking The Tennessee River, is a region of gently rolling plains sloping gradually from 200 State, between the bluffs overlooking the Mississippi River and western valley of Mississippi Valley to the mountain peaks in the east. Topographic Features - The topography of Tennessee is quite varied, stretching from the lowlands of the There are 344 climate divisions in the continental United States. Tennessee Climate Office Tennessee Climate Office
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