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Cumberland Plateau

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Cumberland Plateau or Cumberland Mountains
The southwest section of the Appalachian Mountains, extending northeast to southwest from southern West Virginia through Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee into northern Alabama.
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Noun1.Cumberland PlateauCumberland Plateau - the southwestern part of the Appalachians
Cumberland Mountains
Appalachian Mountains, Appalachians - a mountain range in the eastern United States extending from Quebec to the Gulf of Mexico; a historic barrier to early westward expansion of the United States
Cumberland Gap - a pass through the Cumberland Mountains between Virginia and Kentucky that early settlers used in order to move west
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During the past 20 years, the native oak-hickory forests of the Cumberland Plateau have been turned into loblolly plantations at an alarming rate," Camuto says.
Plantation pines: the paper industry moves South by Motavalli, Jim / E
Bowater Incorporated, NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) and the Dogwood Alliance jointly announced today the signing of an accord to enhance the protection of the forests of the Cumberland Plateau and other parts of the Southern United States.
Bowater Announces Memorandum of Understanding with Leading ... by Business Wire
Empire Energy Corporation (OTCBB: EECI) announced today that a natural gas pipeline, which was planned for completion last June is now in the final stages of being completed in the Upper Cumberland Plateau Region of North-Central Tennessee.
Gas Pipeline Reaches Empire Energy Tennessee Gas Reserves by Business Wire
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