Three Major Physical Divisions of the Upper Tennessee Basin

F _ FOR many years the Upper Tennessee Basin has been recognized as a distinct unit of the Tennessee River Valley both by laymen and by scientists. Studies dealing with parts of the area or with problems in the area have been published by federal, state, and other organizations. These studies are providing materials and ideas not previously available. In view of this fact and of the further fact that brief, comprehensive statements about the physical divisions of the Upper Basin are not readily at hand, this paper, dealing with these divisions, has been prepared. It is hoped that it may prove helpful in gaining an understanding of the Upper Basin as a whole or as a framework for tying together the detailed investigations. In making the study on which this paper is based, the first step was to break down the area into its major component divisions. This was accomplished by analyzing data from the U. S. Census ( 1930), by studying and analyzing soil maps, soil bulletins, and geological maps and folios, and by examining aerial mosaics. Subsequently, each division was studied with respect to its component parts, and for two of the divisions sections were delimited

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• G. Donald Hudson 1897–1989

  John C Sherman•Annals of the Association of…•1991

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