 Flag of Tennessee
Tennessee is a state located in the
Southern United States. In 1796, it became the sixteenth state to
join the Union. The capital city is Nashville, and the largest
city is Memphis.
Tennessee borders eight other states:
Kentucky and
Virginia to the
north;
North Carolina to the east;
Georgia,
Alabama and
Mississippi on the south; Arkansas and Missouri on the Mississippi
River to the west. Tennessee ties Missouri as the states bordering
the most other states. The state is trisected by the Tennessee
River. The highest point in the state is the peak of Clingmans
Dome at 6,643 feet (2,025 m),[2] which lies on Tennessee's eastern
border, and is the highest point on the Appalachian Trail. The
lowest point is the Mississippi River at the Mississippi state
line. The geographical center of the state is located in
Murfreesboro.
The state of Tennessee is geographically and constitutionally
divided into three Grand Divisions: East Tennessee, Middle
Tennessee, and West Tennessee. Tennessee features six principal
physiographic regions: the Blue Ridge, the Appalachian Ridge and
Valley Region, the Cumberland Plateau, the Highland Rim, the
Nashville Basin, and the Gulf Coastal Plain. Tennessee is home to
the most caves in the United States, with over 8,350 caves
registered to date. |
