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The Tennessee Valley is the drainage basin of the Tennessee River and is largely within the U.S. state of Tennessee. It stretches from southwest Kentucky to north Alabama and from northeast Mississippi to the mountains of Virginia and North Carolina. The border of the valley is known as the Tennessee Valley Divide.
Valley and Ridge: East of the Cumberland Plateau, the Valley and Ridge region stretches across Tennessee. This area is characterized by a series of parallel ridges and valleys, formed by the folding and faulting of the earth's crust.
Tennessee Valley is the drainage basin of the Tennessee River which has the length of 886 miles. Tennessee River officially starts from Knoxville, the confluence of Holston and French Board rivers. After traveling southwest to Chattanooga, it flows further down south and across the northern Alabama.
East Tennessee is located within three major geological divisions of the Appalachian Mountains: the Blue Ridge Mountains on the border with North Carolina in the east; the Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians (usually called the "Great Appalachian Valley" or "Tennessee Valley" [a]) in the center; and the Cumberland Plateau in the west, part of which ...
What is TVA? The Tennessee Valley Authority ("TVA") is a corporate agency and instrumentality of the United States ("U.S.") that was created in 1933 by legislation enacted by the U.S. Congress in response to a request by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), U.S. government agency established in 1933 to control floods, improve navigation, improve the living standards of farmers, and produce electrical power along the Tennessee River and its tributaries.
The overwhelming victory of Franklin Delano Roosevelt (served 1933–1945) and the Democrats in the 1932 presidential election brought sweeping changes. Among the most visible and effective New Deal programs was the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA).