Jones Valley
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Jones Valley is a geographic valley in Birmingham, Alabama, known as a major urban and industrial corridor framed by surrounding ridges such as Red Mountain.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jones Valley canonical | 2 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geographic feature
ⓘ
landform ⓘ valley ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
Cahaba River valley
ⓘ
surface form:
Cahaba Valley
Shades Valley ⓘ |
| boundedBy | Red Mountain ⓘ |
| city | Birmingham ⓘ |
| climateRegion | humid subtropical climate ⓘ |
| contains |
central business districts of Birmingham
ⓘ
Birmingham Downtown Retail and Theatre Historic District ⓘ
surface form:
downtown Birmingham
industrial districts of Birmingham ⓘ residential neighborhoods of Birmingham ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| drainageBasinOf |
Cahaba River tributaries
ⓘ
Valley Creek NERFINISHED ⓘ Village Creek NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| economicRole | industrial and commercial hub of central Alabama ⓘ |
| elevationRelativeToSurroundings | lower than surrounding ridges ⓘ |
| framedBy |
Red Mountain
ⓘ
surrounding ridges ⓘ |
| geology |
Valley and Ridge Province
ⓘ
surface form:
Valley and Ridge province
folded and faulted sedimentary rocks ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
east–west oriented valley
ⓘ
heavily developed ⓘ industrial corridor ⓘ urban corridor ⓘ |
| hasLandUse |
commercial land use
ⓘ
industrial land use ⓘ residential land use ⓘ |
| historicalRole |
axis of urban growth in Birmingham
ⓘ
core corridor of Birmingham’s steel industry ⓘ |
| knownFor |
dense transportation infrastructure
ⓘ
industrial development in Birmingham ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Alabama
ⓘ
Birmingham, Alabama, United States ⓘ
surface form:
Birmingham, Alabama
Jefferson County, Alabama ⓘ |
| notableRidge | Red Mountain ⓘ |
| partOf |
Appalachian region of the United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Appalachian region
Birmingham–Hoover metropolitan area ⓘ
surface form:
Birmingham metropolitan area
|
| region | Central Alabama ⓘ |
| shape | elongated valley ⓘ |
| topographicSetting | lowland between parallel ridges ⓘ |
| traversedBy |
major highways in Birmingham
ⓘ
railroad lines in Birmingham ⓘ |
| urbanArea |
Birmingham–Hoover metropolitan area
ⓘ
surface form:
Birmingham urbanized area
|
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Homewood Shades Crest Overlook