Tennessee From Space
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Landsat data. Tennessee state in the south-central United States. It is
bordered by Kentucky and Virginia (N), North Carolina (E), Georgia, Alabama,
and Mississippi (S), and, across the Mississippi R., Arkansas and Missouri
(W). Area, 42,244 sq mi (109,412 sq km. Capital, Nashville. Largest city,
Memphis. Nickname, Volunteer State. Motto, Agriculture and Commerce. The
state has three sharply defined regions: East Tennessee, Middle Tennessee,
and West Tennessee. In East Tennessee the Great Smoky Mts., Cumberland
Plateau, and the narrow river valleys and heavily forested foothills
generally restrict farming there to the subsistence level; but this region
has two of the state's most industrialized cities, Chattanooga (fourth
largest) and Knoxville (third largest). Gently rolling, fertile, bluegrass
country, it is ideal for livestock raising and dairy farming. Middle
Tennessee is still noted for its fine horses and mules, e.g., the Tennessee
walking horse. Twenty-three state parks, covering some 132,000 acres (53,420
hectares) as well as parts of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park,
Cherokee National Forest, and Cumberland Gap National Historical Park are in
Tennessee. Sportsmen and visitors are attracted to Reelfoot Lake, originally
formed by an earthquake; stumps and other remains of a once dense forest,
together with the lotus bed covering the shallow waters, give the lake an
eerie beauty. The state also has many sites of historic interest, including
the Hermitage, home of Andrew Jackson; the Andrew Johnson National Historic
Site; the Fort Donelson and Shiloh national military parks; and Stones River
National Battlefield. Part of the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National
Military Park is also in Tennessee. The Natchez Trace National Parkway
generally follows the old Natchez Trace.
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