The Encyclopedia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, and general literatureWith new maps, and original American articles by eminent writersWith American revisions and additions, bringing each volume up to date . TENNESSEE 177 idgej, givinji lue wnol a deeply cbannelkU cliaracter,he ridges coiitistiiig of s-iiidstono and dolomite and tbe»Hll<.ys ot fiuiblc scbists These all trend in the j-rtvaJcnljiii»:tion of the ApinUchi^n upheaT&l, from north-east to»uih-west. The rivci^ take the same directions, exceptvheii thoy IlCik tlirongh transvct;se fissures in the ridges,)r work rou
The Encyclopedia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, and general literatureWith new maps, and original American articles by eminent writersWith American revisions and additions, bringing each volume up to date . TENNESSEE 177 idgej, givinji lue wnol a deeply cbannelkU cliaracter,he ridges coiitistiiig of s-iiidstono and dolomite and tbe»Hll<.ys ot fiuiblc scbists These all trend in the j-rtvaJcnljiii»:tion of the ApinUchi^n upheaT&l, from north-east to»uih-west. The rivci^ take the same directions, exceptvheii thoy IlCik tlirongh transvct;se fissures in the ridges,)r work round llicu tcfininations where tliey give way to;ho outcropping of other rivks ; in the^ cases the currentruns at right anuK-s to tbc;r prevalent direction. AH theseformations belong to llio Silurian period, the oldest cmppingout to the eastward, the Inter members apjiearing to thewestward. spots the Snbcarboniferous once covered the entire valley have, escaped theerosive action which swept the rest away. The is a valley of denudation which has been the Tciiiiesscc and its tributaries,—some breakingthrough tlie-Unaka barrier,,and others dcscendinj; from-Vir
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