Valley and Ridge Province

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geologic region physiographic province

The Valley and Ridge Province is a long, folded belt of parallel ridges and valleys forming a distinctive geological and topographic region within the central and southern Appalachian Mountains.

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All labels observed (11)

Label Occurrences
Valley and Ridge province 5
Valley and Ridge Province canonical 3
Appalachian fold-and-thrust belt 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geologic region ⓘ
physiographic province ⓘ
boundedBy Appalachian Plateau ⓘ
Blue Ridge province ⓘ
surface form: Blue Ridge Province
characterizedBy broad valleys ⓘ
long linear ridges ⓘ
contains Great Valley ⓘ
surface form: Cumberland Valley

Great Valley ⓘ
Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians ⓘ
Shenandoah Valley ⓘ
contrastsWith Appalachian Plateau ⓘ
surface form: Appalachian Plateau Province

Piedmont (United States) ⓘ
surface form: Piedmont Province
dominantRockType limestone ⓘ
sandstone ⓘ
shale ⓘ
drainedBy Ohio River tributaries ⓘ
Potomac River ⓘ
Susquehanna River ⓘ
Tennessee River ⓘ
extendsFrom New York ⓘ
extendsThrough Georgia ⓘ
Maryland ⓘ
Pennsylvania ⓘ
Tennessee ⓘ
Virginia ⓘ
West Virginia ⓘ
extendsTo Alabama ⓘ
formedBy faulting ⓘ
folding ⓘ
formedDuring Appalachian orogeny ⓘ
surface form: Alleghanian orogeny
geologicAge Paleozoic ⓘ
hasClimate humid continental in north ⓘ
humid subtropical in south ⓘ
hasEconomicResource coal in adjacent areas ⓘ
limestone quarries ⓘ
hasKarstFeatures caves in limestone valleys ⓘ
hasLandUse agriculture in valleys ⓘ
forestry on ridges ⓘ
hasRelief moderate to high ⓘ
hasSoils fertile valley soils ⓘ
hasStructure folded sedimentary rocks ⓘ
hasTopography parallel ridges and valleys ⓘ
locatedIn Eastern United States ⓘ
surface form: eastern United States
orientationOfRidges northeast-southwest ⓘ
partOf Appalachian Mountains ⓘ
surface form: Appalachian Highlands

Appalachian Mountains ⓘ
physiographicDivisionOf United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
recognizedBy United States Geological Survey ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

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

Appalachian Mountains → contains → Valley and Ridge Province ⓘ
U.S. state of Georgia → hasRegion → Valley and Ridge Province ⓘ
subject surface form: Georgia
this entity surface form: Ridge and Valley
Appalachian orogeny → producedStructure → Valley and Ridge Province ⓘ
this entity surface form: Appalachian fold-and-thrust belt
Appalachian orogeny → producedStructure → Valley and Ridge Province ⓘ
this entity surface form: Valley and Ridge province
Appalachian Plateau → boundedBy → Valley and Ridge Province ⓘ
this entity surface form: Valley and Ridge province
first geological survey of Pennsylvania → appliesToPart → Valley and Ridge Province ⓘ
subject surface form: First Geological Survey of Pennsylvania
this entity surface form: Valley and Ridge Province in Pennsylvania
Blue Ridge province → separatedFrom → Valley and Ridge Province ⓘ
this entity surface form: Valley and Ridge province
Tazewell County, Virginia → locatedIn → Valley and Ridge Province ⓘ
this entity surface form: Valley and Ridge physiographic province
Loudon County → hasRegion → Valley and Ridge Province ⓘ
this entity surface form: Valley and Ridge physiographic province
Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians → contains → Valley and Ridge Province ⓘ
this entity surface form: Valley and Ridge Province (USGS)
Piedmont Province in Pennsylvania → boundedBy → Valley and Ridge Province ⓘ
this entity surface form: Appalachian Mountain Section of the Ridge and Valley Province to the northwest
Second Geological Survey of Pennsylvania → focusArea → Valley and Ridge Province ⓘ
this entity surface form: Valley and Ridge province in Pennsylvania
Kittatinny Valley → physiographicProvince → Valley and Ridge Province ⓘ
this entity surface form: Valley and Ridge
Smoky Mountains foothills → geologyRelatedTo → Valley and Ridge Province ⓘ
this entity surface form: Appalachian fold-and-thrust belt
Raphine, Virginia → locatedInPhysiographicProvince → Valley and Ridge Province ⓘ
this entity surface form: Valley and Ridge province
West Fork of the Little Pigeon River → flowsWithin → Valley and Ridge Province ⓘ
this entity surface form: Appalachian physiographic province
Jones Valley → geology → Valley and Ridge Province ⓘ
this entity surface form: Valley and Ridge province
Appalachian Highlands division → includes → Valley and Ridge Province ⓘ
Appalachian geology → studies → Valley and Ridge Province ⓘ