western Virginia

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region of Virginia

Western Virginia is the region of the U.S. state of Virginia encompassing its Appalachian and valley areas, including the Shenandoah Valley, characterized by mountainous terrain and rural landscapes.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
western Virginia canonical 9
Western Virginia 2
northwestern Virginia 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf region of Virginia ⓘ
borders Kentucky ⓘ
North Carolina ⓘ
Tennessee ⓘ
West Virginia ⓘ
contains Alleghany Highlands ⓘ
New River Valley ⓘ
Roanoke, Virginia ⓘ
surface form: Roanoke Valley

parts of the Shenandoah Valley ⓘ
portions of the George Washington National Forest ⓘ
portions of the Jefferson National Forest ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
drainedBy Holston River tributaries ⓘ
James River headwaters ⓘ
New River ⓘ
Shenandoah River ⓘ
hasCharacteristic mountainous terrain ⓘ
rural landscapes ⓘ
hasLandform Appalachian Mountains ⓘ
Blue Ridge Mountains ⓘ
Shenandoah Valley ⓘ
Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians ⓘ
surface form: Valley and Ridge Appalachians
hasMajorCity Abingdon, Virginia ⓘ
Blacksburg, Virginia, United States ⓘ
surface form: Blacksburg, Virginia

Bristol, Virginia ⓘ
Christiansburg, Virginia ⓘ
Covington, Virginia ⓘ
Front Royal, Virginia ⓘ
Harrisonburg, Virginia ⓘ
Lexington, Virginia, United States ⓘ
surface form: Lexington, Virginia

Radford, Virginia ⓘ
Roanoke, Virginia ⓘ
Staunton, Virginia ⓘ
Waynesboro, Virginia ⓘ
Wytheville, Virginia ⓘ
includes Appalachian Plateau ⓘ
surface form: Appalachian Plateau areas of Virginia

Shenandoah Valley ⓘ
Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians ⓘ
surface form: Valley and Ridge region of Virginia

portions of the Blue Ridge Mountains ⓘ
knownFor agriculture ⓘ
outdoor recreation ⓘ
scenic mountain vistas ⓘ
small towns ⓘ
locatedIn Appalachia ⓘ
surface form: Appalachian region of the United States

western portion of Virginia ⓘ
partOf Virginia ⓘ
surface form: Commonwealth of Virginia
traversedBy Blue Ridge Parkway ⓘ
surface form: Blue Ridge Parkway (Virginia segment)

Interstate 64 ⓘ
Interstate 81 NERFINISHED ⓘ
U.S. Route 11 NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

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

Shenandoah Valley → locatedInRegion → western Virginia ⓘ
Lexington, Virginia, United States → region → western Virginia ⓘ
subject surface form: Lexington, Virginia
this entity surface form: Western Virginia
Rockbridge County, Virginia → partOfRegion → western Virginia ⓘ
Rockingham County, Virginia → region → western Virginia ⓘ
Augusta County, Virginia → region → western Virginia ⓘ
Newmarket, Virginia → region → western Virginia ⓘ
subject surface form: New Market, Virginia
Shenandoah County, Virginia → isPartOf → western Virginia ⓘ
this entity surface form: northwestern Virginia
Roanoke, Virginia → region → western Virginia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Virginia
Jackson’s Valley District → regionOfOperations → western Virginia ⓘ
Battle of McDowell → location → western Virginia ⓘ
Maury River → locatedIn → western Virginia ⓘ
Western District of Virginia → locatedIn → western Virginia ⓘ