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.

Aliases (4)

Valley and Ridge province ×3
Appalachian fold-and-thrust belt ×1
Ridge and Valley ×1
Valley and Ridge Province in Pennsylvania ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geologic region → physiographic province →
boundedBy	Appalachian Plateau → Blue Ridge Province →
characterizedBy	broad valleys → long linear ridges →
contains	Cumberland Valley → Great Valley → Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians → Shenandoah Valley →
contrastsWith	Appalachian Plateau Province → 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	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 →
orientationOfRidges	northeast-southwest →
partOf	Appalachian Highlands → Appalachian Mountains →
physiographicDivisionOf	United States →
recognizedBy	United States Geological Survey →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Appalachian orogeny ("Appalachian fold-and-thrust belt") → Appalachian orogeny ("Valley and Ridge province") →	producedStructure
First Geological Survey of Pennsylvania ("Valley and Ridge Province in Pennsylvania") →	appliesToPart
Appalachian Plateau ("Valley and Ridge province") →	boundedBy
Appalachian Mountains →	contains
Georgia ("Ridge and Valley") →	hasRegion
Blue Ridge province ("Valley and Ridge province") →	separatedFrom