Tennessee, TN
Tennessee is a state located in the Southern
United States. In 1796, it became the sixteenth
state to join the Union. Tennessee is known as
the "Volunteer State", a nickname it earned
during the War of 1812, in which volunteer
soldiers from Tennessee played a prominent role,
especially during the Battle of New Orleans.
The capital city is Nashville, and the largest
city is Memphis.
Geography
Tennessee lies adjacent to eight other states:
Kentucky and Virginia to the north; North
Carolina to the east; Georgia, Alabama and
Mississippi on the south; and Arkansas and
Missouri on the Mississippi River to the west.
Tennessee ties Missouri as the states bordering
the most other states. The state is trisected by
the Tennessee River.
The highest point in the state is the peak of
Clingmans Dome at 6,643 feet (2,025 m), which
lies on Tennessee's eastern border, and is the
highest point on the Appalachian Trail.
The lowest point is the Mississippi River at the
Mississippi state line.
The geographical center of the state is located
in Murfreesboro on Old Lascassas Pike (just down
the road from Middle Tennessee State University)
and is marked by a roadside monument.
The state of Tennessee is geographically and
constitutionally divided into three Grand
Divisions: East Tennessee, Middle Tennessee, and
West Tennessee. Tennessee features six principal
physiographic regions: the Blue Ridge, the
Appalachian Ridge and Valley Region, the
Cumberland Plateau, the Highland Rim, the
Nashville Basin, and the Gulf Coastal Plain.
Climate
Most of the state has a humid subtropical
climate, with the exception of the higher
mountains, which have a humid continental
climate.
The Gulf of Mexico is the dominant factor in the
climate of Tennessee, with winds from the south
being responsible for most of the state's annual
precipitation. Generally the state has hot
summers and mild to cool winters with generous
precipitation throughout the year.
On average the state receives 50 inches (130 cm)
of precipitation throughout the year. Snowfall
ranges from 5 inches (13 cm) in West Tennessee
to over 16 inches (41 cm) in the higher
mountains in East Tennessee.
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