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arrow Landforms The Cumberland (or Appalachian) Plateau dominates the eastern third of Kentucky. It's a heavily forested area of hills and mountains, and contains the state's highest point, Black Mt., at 4,139 ft.

The Bluegrass Region (north-central) is a series of rolling hills and meadows. It gets its colorful name from bluegrass, the common name for lawn and pasture grass in parts of the eastern United States.

Northwestern Kentucky is hilly land bordered by the Ohio River. It's often referred to as the Western Coal Field because of the large coal deposits in the area.

The southwestern corner of the state includes the swampy lowlands of the Mississippi River flood plain, and the lowest elevations in the state. This area, purchased from the Chickasaw Indians in 1818, is called the Jackson Purchase, and named for Andrew Jackson.

The Mammoth Cave area (central), is the world's longest cave system, with 365 miles explored to date.

The"Land Between the Lakes" recreational area, bordered by Lake Barkley and Kentucky Lake, is a hilly, forested area of some 170,000 acres.

The state's waterways are dominated by the massive Ohio River, forming its entire northern border, and by the Cumberland and Tennessee River systems, and their many spin-off lakes.

Other rivers of note include the Green, Licking, Kentucky and the Mississippi.

The Kentucky Bend. covers a land area of 17.5 sq miles. It was created due to the shift in course of the Mississippi River (it flowed backward) after the New Madrid Earthquakes in 1811 and 1812.

A closer look at the topography of Kentucky is here!

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Land Statistics

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(land) 39,728 sq miles

(water) 679 sq miles

(TOTAL) 40,407 sq miles

arrow Land Area (all states) here!

arrow Horizontal Width 369 miles from the Kentucky Bend marker, east to Black Mountain

arrow Vertical Length 171 miles from Covington, directly south to the Tennessee border

Note: Lengths and widths are point-to-point, straight-line measurements from a Mercator map projection, and will vary some using other map projections

arrow Bordering States (7) Virginia, Tennessee, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and West Virginia

arrow Counties (120) map here!

arrow County (largest by population) Jefferson 709,264

arrow Geographic Center is located about 3 miles N.W. of Lebanon in Marion County

arrow Highest Point Black Mountain, at 4,139 ft.

arrow Lowest Point Mississippi River, 257 ft.

arrow Latitude and Longitude here!

arrow Mean Elevation 757 ft.

arrow Relative Location here!





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