Southern West Virginia

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geographic region region

Southern West Virginia is a largely rural, mountainous region of the state known for its coal mining heritage, Appalachian culture, and scenic landscapes.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Central Appalachia 3
Southern Appalachia 2
Southern West Virginia coalfields 2

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographic region ⓘ
region ⓘ
characteristic largely rural ⓘ
climate humid continental ⓘ
humid subtropical transition zone ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
culturalHeritage bluegrass music ⓘ
coal camp communities ⓘ
traditional Appalachian crafts ⓘ
culturalRegionOf Appalachia ⓘ
economicActivity coal production ⓘ
natural resource extraction ⓘ
hasCity Beckley, West Virginia ⓘ
surface form: Beckley

Bluefield, West Virginia, United States ⓘ
surface form: Bluefield

Fayetteville ⓘ
Logan ⓘ
Oak Hill ⓘ
Princeton ⓘ
hasCounty Boone County ⓘ
Fayette County ⓘ
Greenbrier County ⓘ
Logan County ⓘ
McDowell County ⓘ
Mercer County ⓘ
Mingo County ⓘ
Monroe County ⓘ
Nicholas County ⓘ
Pocahontas County ⓘ
Raleigh County ⓘ
Summers County ⓘ
Wyoming County ⓘ
hasProtectedArea Bluestone National Scenic River ⓘ
Gauley River National Recreation Area ⓘ
New River Gorge National Park and Preserve ⓘ
hasTransportationRoute Interstate 64 ⓘ
Interstate 77 ⓘ
U.S. Route 19 ⓘ
historicalIndustry coal mining ⓘ
timber ⓘ
knownFor Appalachian culture ⓘ
coal mining heritage ⓘ
outdoor recreation ⓘ
rural communities ⓘ
scenic landscapes ⓘ
locatedIn Appalachia ⓘ
Appalachian Mountains ⓘ
partOf West Virginia ⓘ
terrain hilly ⓘ
mountainous ⓘ
traversedByRiver Gauley River ⓘ
Greenbrier River ⓘ
New River ⓘ

Referenced by (32)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mingo County → hasCulturalRegion → Southern West Virginia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central Appalachia
Bramwell, West Virginia → hasRegionalContext → Southern West Virginia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central Appalachia
Appalachia → hasSubregion → Southern West Virginia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central Appalachia
Appalachia → hasSubregion → Southern West Virginia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Appalachia
Logan → isPartOf → Southern West Virginia ⓘ
subject surface form: Logan, West Virginia
this entity surface form: Southern West Virginia coalfields
Beckley, West Virginia → locatedIn → Southern West Virginia ⓘ
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States → locatedIn → Southern West Virginia ⓘ
subject surface form: Bluefield, West Virginia
Bluewell, West Virginia → locatedIn → Southern West Virginia ⓘ
Boone County → locatedIn → Southern West Virginia ⓘ
subject surface form: Boone County, West Virginia
Lashmeet, West Virginia → locatedIn → Southern West Virginia ⓘ
Logan County → locatedIn → Southern West Virginia ⓘ
Matoaka, West Virginia → locatedIn → Southern West Virginia ⓘ
Melrose, West Virginia → locatedIn → Southern West Virginia ⓘ
Monroe County → locatedIn → Southern West Virginia ⓘ
subject surface form: Monroe County, West Virginia
Montcalm, West Virginia → locatedIn → Southern West Virginia ⓘ
Oakvale, West Virginia → locatedIn → Southern West Virginia ⓘ
Spanishburg, West Virginia → locatedIn → Southern West Virginia ⓘ
Athens, West Virginia → locatedInRegion → Southern West Virginia ⓘ
Eads Mill, West Virginia → locatedInRegion → Southern West Virginia ⓘ
Kegley, West Virginia → locatedInRegion → Southern West Virginia ⓘ
Logan → locatedInRegion → Southern West Virginia ⓘ
subject surface form: Logan, West Virginia
Mercer County → locatedInRegion → Southern West Virginia ⓘ
Oak Hill → locatedInRegion → Southern West Virginia ⓘ
subject surface form: Oak Hill, West Virginia
Princeton, West Virginia → locatedInRegion → Southern West Virginia ⓘ
Raleigh County → locatedInRegion → Southern West Virginia ⓘ
Wyoming County, West Virginia → locatedInRegion → Southern West Virginia ⓘ
Oak Hill, West Virginia → partOf → Southern West Virginia ⓘ
this entity surface form: southern West Virginia
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States → region → Southern West Virginia ⓘ
subject surface form: Bluefield, West Virginia
this entity surface form: Coalfields of West Virginia
Lashmeet, West Virginia → region → Southern West Virginia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Appalachia
Myra, West Virginia, United States → region → Southern West Virginia ⓘ
subject surface form: Myra, West Virginia
Oakvale, West Virginia → region → Southern West Virginia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern West Virginia coalfields