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| | "Short Mtn. (2092')" |
 | | From west to east these are: Coastal Plain, Western Highland Rim, Central Basin, Eastern Highland Rim, Cumberland Plateau, Valley and Ridge, and the Unaka Mountains. |
 | | Eastern Highland Rim, Central Basin, and Western Highland Rim: As indicated in the geologic column presented on the previous page, uplift of the Nashville Dome accompanied each orogenic episode in TN. |
 | | As a result, the regions of the Eastern and Western Highland Rims and the Central Basin all experienced periodic increases in surface elevation during the Paleozoic and early Mesozoic. |
| www.mtsu.edu /~cdharris/GEOL100/TN-geology/tn-geol3.htm (1784 words) |
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