Pennyroyal region of Kentucky

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The Pennyroyal region of Kentucky is a largely rural area characterized by rolling farmland, karst landscapes, and small towns, forming a broad belt across south-central Kentucky.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf physiographic region
region of Kentucky
alsoKnownAs Pennyrile
borders Kentucky Bluegrass region
surface form: Bluegrass region of Kentucky

Cumberland Plateau region
surface form: Cumberland Plateau in Kentucky

Knobs region of Kentucky
Mississippi Embayment
surface form: Mississippi Embayment in Kentucky

Western Coal Field
climate humid subtropical climate
contains Bowling Green metropolitan area
surface form: Bowling Green, Kentucky metropolitan area

Elizabethtown, Kentucky
surface form: Elizabethtown, Kentucky area

Glasgow, Kentucky
Hopkinsville, Kentucky
Mammoth Cave Plateau
surface form: Mammoth Cave area

caves
sinkholes
underground drainage
country United States of America
surface form: United States
dominantLandCover improved pasture and hay fields
dominantVegetation temperate deciduous forest remnants
drainage Barren River basin
Cumberland River
surface form: Cumberland River basin

Green River basin
Tradewater River basin
elevation low plateau
extendsAcross south-central Kentucky
geology karst
limestone
hasCharacteristic karst landscape
largely rural
rolling farmland
small towns
historicalUse livestock grazing
tobacco farming
locatedIn Kentucky
south-central Kentucky
majorEconomicActivity agriculture
majorLandUse cropland
pasture
namedAfter pennyroyal plant
near Mammoth Cave National Park
partOf Interior Low Plateaus physiographic region
surface form: Interior Low Plateaus

Ozark Plateau
surface form: Mississippi Plateau
soilType fertile limestone-derived soils
topography gently rolling hills
transportCorridor Interstate 65
U.S. Route 31W NERFINISHED
U.S. Route 68 NERFINISHED

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south-central Kentucky partOf Pennyroyal region of Kentucky
Horse Cave, Kentucky partOf Pennyroyal region of Kentucky
this entity surface form: Cave Country region of Kentucky
Rolling Fork River hasRegion Pennyroyal region of Kentucky
Jackson Purchase region of Kentucky historicallyDistinctFrom Pennyroyal region of Kentucky