Extending entirely across the state of Alabama for about south of its northern boundary, and in the middle stretching farther south, is the Cumberland Plateau, or Tennessee Valley region, broken into broad tablelands by the dissection of rivers.

Adjoining the Cumberland Plateau region on the southeast is the Appalachian Valley ( locally known as Coosa Valley ) region, which is the southern extremity of the Appalachian Mountains, and occupies an area within the state of about.

The Cumberland Plateau region is drained to the west-northwest by the Tennessee River and its tributaries ; all other parts of the state are drained to the southwest.

** The Cumberland Plateau in Tennessee and Kentucky

Geographically and geologically, Virginia is divided into five regions from east to west: Tidewater, Piedmont, Blue Ridge Mountains, Ridge and Valley, and Cumberland Plateau.

Limey shale overlaid by limestone, Cumberland Plateau, Tennessee

In 1805, the Cherokee ceded their lands between the Cumberland and Duck rivers ( i. e. the Cumberland Plateau ) to Tennessee.

By that time, railroads were proving a better method of transportation, and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad was being built west from Baltimore to Cumberland, mostly along the Potomac River, then by a more direct route than the National Road across the Allegheny Plateau of West Virginia ( then Virginia ) to Wheeling.

The topography in the southern and eastern portions of the county is dominated by the dissected remnants of the Cumberland Plateau, such as Keel Mountain, Monte Sano Mountain and Green Mountain.

In 1840, White County became a destination for people from all over the country when Christopher Haufmann erected a large hotel on Bon Air Mountain, part of the Cumberland Plateau.

Sunset over White County, viewed from US-70 at the edge of the Cumberland Plateau

* Cumberland Plateau

It is an erosional remnant of the nearby Cumberland Plateau.

The land west of the Sequatchie Valley is known as the Cumberland Plateau and the land to the east of the Sequatchie Valley is known as Walden Ridge.

Scott County, a part of the Cumberland Plateau, includes the majority of the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area.

Wonder Cave is located on the north side of Layne's Cove at the foot of the Cumberland Plateau.

It has a varied geography, extending from the southeast corner of the Nashville Basin over the Highland Rim and up onto the Cumberland Plateau, for a difference in elevation of about.

Valley of the Three Forks near Pall Mall, with the Cumberland Plateau dominating the horizon

Whitley County is located within the Cumberland Plateau of southeastern Kentucky, which is greatly overlapped by the broad Eastern Coal Field region of the state.

* Cumberland Plateau

** Cumberland Gap, a pass through the Appalachian Mountains

** The Cumberland Mountains in Tennessee and Kentucky

He collected hundreds of such ballads, the most productive areas being the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina and the Cumberland Mountains of Kentucky

Immigrants from Cumberland settled in the southern mountains ( Cumberland Mountains, Cumberland River, Cumberland Gap, etc .).

Glenn was killed in a climbing accident in Cumberland Mountains in 1947.

Some of these include the Cumberland Gap through the Blue Ridge Mountains to upper Kentucky.

Despite some resistance from American Indian tribes such as the Shawnee, in 1775 Boone blazed his Wilderness Road through the Cumberland Gap in the Appalachian Mountains from North Carolina and Tennessee into Kentucky.

White had moved his family to the Cumberland Mountains from Virginia in 1789.

He may have come over the Cumberland Mountains, although some sources claim he came down the Ohio, up the Cumberland to Nashville, and then overland about 56 miles.

Because of its location in the midst of Cumberland Mountains, elevations in the county range from to above sea level.

Due to the rough territory created by the Cumberland Mountains, agriculture in the county has historically been quite stunted, although tobacco and corn are grown in some areas.

The city, which has a downtown elevation of approximately, lies at the transition between the ridge-and-valley portion of the Appalachian Mountains and the Cumberland Plateau.

with over on the edge of the Cumberland Mountains Plateau, Skymont hosts Boy Scout summer camps, Cub Scout family camps and high adventure activities throughout the summer and other camps during the year.

The city is nestled in the heart of the Cumberland Plateau of the Appalachian Mountains and the banks of the North Fork of the Kentucky River pass through the city, as well.

The city is located in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains in the Cumberland Plateau.

The city is situated amidst the Cumberland Mountains in the Elk Creek Valley, which runs perpendicular to the Tennessee-Kentucky state line.

" In doing so, Cumberland de-emphasized the overlay of Christian dogma ( in particular, the doctrine of " original sin " and the corresponding presumption that humans are incapable of " perfecting " themselves without divine intervention ) that had accreted to natural law in the Middle Ages.

By way of contrast to Hobbes's multiplicity of laws, Cumberland states in the very first sentence of his Treatise of the Laws of Nature that " all the Laws of Nature are reduc'd to that one, of Benevolence toward all Rationals.

" Cumberland concludes that actions " principally conducive to our Happiness " are those that promote " the Honour and Glory of God " and also " Charity and Justice towards men.

Many of the green slates of the lake district in Cumberland are fine cleaved ashes.

Among the dukedoms granted to still younger sons of the Sovereign are Cambridge, Connaught, Cumberland, Edinburgh, Gloucester, Kent and Sussex — others in the Scottish peerage have included Ross and Kintyre.

Most of Cumberland and Westmorland are missing because they were not conquered until some time after the survey, and County Durham is lacking as the Bishop of Durham ( William de St-Calais ) had the exclusive right to tax Durham ; parts of the north east of England were covered by the 1183 Boldon Book, which listed those areas liable to tax by the Bishop of Durham.

* Cumberland and Westmorland are annexed by the Scots.

The rights to the brand in the United States are owned by Gulf Oil Limited Partnership ( GOLC ), which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Cumberland Farms and operates over 2, 100 service stations and several petroleum terminals ; it is headquartered in Framingham, Massachusetts.

There are many small islands in this area, and it is permeated by the Bells River and Jolly River, which empty into the Cumberland Sound to the north, just below Cumberland Island.

There are particularly famous regional varieties, such as the herbal Lincolnshire, and the long, curled Cumberland with many butchers offering their own individual recipes and variations often handed down through generations, but are generally not made from cured meats such as Italian selections or available in such a variety as found in Germany.

British and Irish sausages are normally made from raw pork or beef mixed with a variety of herbs and spices and cereals, many recipes of which are traditionally associated with particular regions ( for example Cumberland sausages ).

In the UK alone, there are believed to be over 470 different types of sausages ; some made to traditional regional recipes such as those from Cumberland or Lincolnshire, and increasingly to modern recipes which combine fruit such as apples or apricots with the meat, or are influenced by other European styles such as the Toulouse or Chorizo.

It has occasionally been said that these cannon were captured from the Scots at Culloden and given to the town by the Duke of Cumberland, but they are much larger than those used in that campaign.

There are two self-guided trails at Cumberland State Forest that are open for walking, hiking, horses, and mountain bikes.

These are the Cumberland Multi-Use Trail ( 14 miles ) and the Willis River Hiking Trail ( 16-miles ).

In 1781 the legislature divided the northernmost county, Cumberland, into three counties: Windham and Windsor, located about where they are now.

In 1781 the legislature divided the northernmost county, Cumberland, into three counties: Windham and Windsor, located about where they are now.