Tennessee Valley
Southeastern drainage region
The Tennessee Valley is the drainage basin of the Tennessee River, spanning parts of Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Kentucky, Georgia, North Carolina, and Virginia.
The region is most associated with the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), the federal agency created during the New Deal to control flooding, generate electricity, and promote economic development: The Tennessee Valley was transformed by rural electrification.
- ChattanoogaSoutheast Tennessee city
- damWater-holding barrier
- New DealDepression-era reform agenda
- riverLarge flowing watercourse
- river basinLand draining to one waterway
watershed · rural electrification · dam construction · Cherokee · creek · Knoxville · agriculture · fishing hole · hydroelectric power · public power · flood control · Great Depression · erosion control · biodiversity · Kentucky · country roads · power plant · habitat restoration
Tennessee ValleyRocky Mountains
Western North American cordillera
highland · mountain range · Appalachian Mountains · Great Smoky Mountains · Blue Ridge Mountains
Tennessee ValleySilicon Valley
Bay Area tech corridor
Appalachia · Texas oil fields · Wall Street · Manhattan · Rust Belt
Tennessee ValleyMojave Desert
Southwestern American arid region
Death Valley · Great Basin · Sonoran Desert · high desert · badlands