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Ecoregions of Tennessee

Last updated: September 30th, 2019

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↑Map Legend & Subregion List

This list will help you navigate the regions in case you have problems with viewing or clicking the interactive map above.

Name†Color on Map
Blackland Prairie…
Fall Line Hills…
Transition Hills…
Southern Sedimentary Ridges…
Limestone Valleys and Coves…
Southern Crystalline Ridges and Mountains✓
High Mountains✓
Broad Basins…
Southern Metasedimentary Mountains…
Southern Limestone/Dolomite Valleys and Low Rolling Hills…
Southern Shale Valleys…
Southern Sandstone Ridges✓
Southern Dissected Ridges and Knobs…
Sequatchie Valley…
Southern Table Plateaus…
Dissected Appalachian Plateau✓
Northern Pleistocene Valley Trains…
Northern Holocene Meander Belts…
Flatwoods/Blackland Prairie Margins…
Northern Hilly Gulf Coastal Plain…
Amphibolite Mountains…
Cumberland Plateau…
Plateau Escarpment✓
Outer Nashville Basin…
Inner Nashville Basin…
Cumberland Mountain Thrust Block✓
Western Pennyroyal Karst Plain…
Western Highland Rim…
Eastern Highland Rim…
Northern Backswamps∅
Bluff Hills…
Loess Plains…

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

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Complete w/ Images
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