Virginia: a geographical and political summary, embracing a description of the state . e mile. (5). The Great Valley of Virginia is the belt of limestone land west of theBlue Ridge, and between it and the numerous interrupted ranges of mountains,with various local names, that run parallel to it on the west at an average distanceof some 20 miles, that collectively are called the Kitatinny or North valley extends in West Virginia and Virginia for more than 330 miles from thePotomac to the Tennessee line, and 305 miles of this splendid country are withinthe limits of Virginia. The
Virginia: a geographical and political summary, embracing a description of the state . e mile. (5). The Great Valley of Virginia is the belt of limestone land west of theBlue Ridge, and between it and the numerous interrupted ranges of mountains,with various local names, that run parallel to it on the west at an average distanceof some 20 miles, that collectively are called the Kitatinny or North valley extends in West Virginia and Virginia for more than 330 miles from thePotomac to the Tennessee line, and 305 miles of this splendid country are withinthe limits of Virginia. The county lines generally extend from the top of the BlueRidge to the top of the second or third mountain range beyond the Valley proper, •=11. S. Coast Survey measurements. fGuyots measurements. w 16 so that tlie political Valley is somewhat larger than the natural one, which hasan area of about 6,000 square miles, while the former has 7,550, and a populationof 26 to the square mile. The latitude of the Valley is from 36° 35 N. to 39°26;its longitude is from 77° 50 to 80° 16 136 miles 50 a 38 u 54 a 52 a 330 miles PROFILE OF THE VALLEY (iF yiRGlM ALONG ITS LENGTH. While this is one continuous valley, clearly defined by its bounding moun-tains, it is not the valley of one river, or of one system of rivers, but of five; sothat it has four water-sheds and four river troughs in its length, as shown in theabove profile, along the Valley from the Potomac to the Tennessee line. These val-leys and their length in the Great Valley are, from the northeast— 1st. The Shenandoah Valley, -----2nd. The James River Valley, ----- 3rd. The Roanoke River Valley, - - - - -4th. The Kanawha or New River Valley, - - -5th. The Valley of the Holston or Tennessee, This profile shows that as a whole the Valley rises to the southwest, being 242feet above the tide Avhere the Shenandoah enters the Potomac and the united riversbreak through the Blue Ridge at Harpers Ferry, and 1,678 feet where the
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