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Ecoregions of Kentucky

Last updated: September 29th, 2019

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Name	†	Color on Map
Pre-Wisconsinan Drift Plains	…
Monongahela Transition Zone	…
Dissected Appalachian Plateau	✓
Knobs-Lower Scioto Dissected Plateau	…
Caseyville Hills	…
Ohio/Kentucky Carboniferous Plateau	…
St. Francis Lowlands	∅
Northern Holocene Meander Belts	…
Southern Sandstone Ridges	✓
Outer Nashville Basin	…
Hills of the Bluegrass	…
Cumberland Plateau	…
Plateau Escarpment	✓
Cumberland Mountain Thrust Block	✓
Northern Forested Plateau Escarpment	…
Inner Bluegrass	✓
Carter Hills	…
Northern Shawnee Hills	…
Crawford-Mammoth Cave Uplands	✓
Southern Shawnee Hills	…
Mitchell Plain	✓
Knobs-Norman Upland	…
Wabash-Ohio Bottomlands	…
Outer Bluegrass	…
Green River-Southern Wabash Lowlands	…
Western Pennyroyal Karst Plain	…
Western Highland Rim	…
Eastern Highland Rim	…
Bluff Hills	…
Loess Plains	…

† Status: ✓ = Complete ○ = Needs Image … = Incomplete ∅ = Stub Only

↑Progress

Partially Complete

97%

With Images

27%

Complete w/ Images

23%

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