Everything about the Cumberland Mountains totally explained
The
Cumberland Mountains are a mountain range in the southeastern section of the
Appalachian Mountains. They are located in western
Virginia, eastern edges of
Kentucky, and eastern middle
Tennessee, including the
Crab Orchard Mountains. Their highest peak, with an elevation of 4145 feet (1263 meters)
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) above mean sea level, is
Black Mountain, which is located near
Lynch in
Harlan County, Kentucky.
According to the
USGS, the Cumberland Mountain range is 131 miles long (211 km) and 20 miles wide (32 km), bounded by
Russell Fork River on the northeast,
Pound River and
Powell River on the southeast, Cove Creek on the southwest, and Tackett Creek,
Cumberland River, Poor Fork Cumberland River, and
Elkhorn Creek on the northwest. The crest of the range forms the Kentucky and Virginia boundary from the Tennessee border to Russell Fork River.
Variant names of the Cumberland Mountains include Cumberland Mountain, Cumberland Range, Ouasioto Mountains, Ouasiota Mountains, Laurel Mountain, and Pine Mountain.
Geology and physiography
The Cumberland Mountains are a
physiographic section of the larger
Appalachian Plateau province, which in turn is part of the larger
Appalachian physiographic division.
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