Cumberland Valley

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Cumberland Valley is a region in south-central Pennsylvania known for its fertile agricultural land, historic towns, and role as a transportation corridor through the Appalachian Mountains.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geographic region
valley
boundedBy Blue Mountain
South Mountain
climate humid continental climate
contains Mount Holly Springs, Pennsylvania
surface form: Boiling Springs, Pennsylvania

Camp Hill, Pennsylvania
Carlisle, Pennsylvania
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania
Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
Dillsburg, Pennsylvania
Enola, Pennsylvania
Franklin County, Pennsylvania
Greencastle, Pennsylvania
Lemoyne, Pennsylvania
Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
New Cumberland, Pennsylvania
Newville, Pennsylvania
Shippensburg, Pennsylvania
Waynesboro, Pennsylvania
Wormleysburg, Pennsylvania
portions of Adams County, Pennsylvania
portions of York County, Pennsylvania
containsInstitution Dickinson College
Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania
United States Army War College
surface form: U.S. Army War College
country United States of America
drainsInto Susquehanna River
economicActivity agriculture
light manufacturing
logistics and warehousing
geologicalFeatureOf Appalachian Valley
surface form: Great Appalachian Valley
hasHistoricRole 19th-century railroad development
Civil War troop movements
knownFor fertile agricultural land
historic towns
role as a transportation corridor through the Appalachian Mountains
locatedIn Pennsylvania
locatedInRegion South Central Pennsylvania
surface form: south-central Pennsylvania
namedAfter Cumberland
partOf Appalachian Mountains
surface form: Appalachian Mountains region

Appalachian Valley
surface form: Great Appalachian Valley
river Conodoguinet Creek NERFINISHED
Yellow Breeches Creek
traversedBy Interstate 81 NERFINISHED
Norfolk Southern Railway main line
U.S. Route 11 NERFINISHED
U.S. Route 15 NERFINISHED

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Franklin County, Pennsylvania partOf Cumberland Valley
Appalachian Valley hasPart Cumberland Valley
Hagerstown, Maryland locatedInValley Cumberland Valley
Carlisle, Pennsylvania partOf Cumberland Valley
Carlisle, Pennsylvania demographicRegion Cumberland Valley
this entity surface form: Cumberland Valley region of Pennsylvania
Blue Ridge Summit, Pennsylvania, United States partOf Cumberland Valley
subject surface form: Blue Ridge Summit, Pennsylvania
this entity surface form: Cumberland Valley region
Chambersburg–Hagerstown line locatedIn Cumberland Valley
Chambersburg–Hagerstown line regionServed Cumberland Valley
Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians contains Cumberland Valley
Carlisle partOfRegion Cumberland Valley
subject surface form: Carlisle, Pennsylvania
Cumberland County, Pennsylvania locatedIn Cumberland Valley
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania locatedIn Cumberland Valley
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania partOf Cumberland Valley
this entity surface form: Cumberland Valley region
Shippensburg, Pennsylvania isPartOf Cumberland Valley
Greencastle, Pennsylvania locatedInRegion Cumberland Valley
Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania locatedIn Cumberland Valley
Mercersburg, Pennsylvania partOf Cumberland Valley
Hagerstown Valley borders Cumberland Valley
Waynesboro, Pennsylvania locatedInRegion Cumberland Valley
Peters Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania partOf Cumberland Valley
this entity surface form: Cumberland Valley region
Cove Gap partOf Cumberland Valley
this entity surface form: Cumberland Valley region