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The Cumberland River is a major waterway of the Southern United States. The 688-mile-long (1,107 km) [2] river drains almost 18,000 square miles (47,000 km 2) of southern Kentucky and north-central Tennessee. The river flows generally west from a source in the Appalachian Mountains to its confluence with the Ohio River near Paducah, Kentucky ...
Cumberland Caverns. / 35.66917°N 85.68083°W / 35.66917; -85.68083. Cumberland Caverns is a national natural landmark and show cave located in McMinnville, Tennessee. [2] [3] It is the second longest cave in Tennessee and makes the list of longest caves in the United States and in the world. [4] [5] [6]
Lake Cumberland is a reservoir in Clinton, Pulaski, Russell, Wayne, and Laurel, counties in Kentucky. [1] The primary reasons for its construction were a means for flood control and the production of hydroelectric power. Its shoreline measures 1,255 miles (2,020 km) and the lake covers 65,530 acres (265 km 2) at the maximum power pool elevation.
Blackboard bold is a style of writing bold symbols on a blackboard by doubling certain strokes, commonly used in mathematical lectures, and the derived style of typeface used in printed mathematical texts. The style is most commonly used to represent the number sets ( natural numbers ), ( integers ), ( rational numbers ), ( real numbers ), and ...
Cumberland was a key road, railroad and canal junction during the 19th century and at one time the second largest city in Maryland (second to the port city of Baltimore—hence its nickname "The Queen City"). The surrounding hillsides provided coal, iron ore, and timber that helped supply the industrial revolution.
Marten Cumberland. Sydney Walter Martin "Marten" Cumberland [1] (23 July 1892 – 1972) was an English journalist, novelist and editor. He also wrote under the pseudonym Kevin O'Hara. He specialised in the detective/mystery genre and created the character of Inspector Saturnin Dax, a French policeman. During World War I, Cumberland served as a ...
The CSX Cumberland Subdivision is a railroad line owned and operated by CSX Transportation in the U.S. states of Maryland and West Virginia. The line runs from Brunswick, Maryland, west to Cumberland, Maryland, [1] along the old Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road (B&O) main line. At its east end, the Cumberland Subdivision becomes the Metropolitan ...
The Cumberland Coalfield is a coalfield in Cumbria, north-west England. It extends from Whitehaven in the south to Maryport and Aspatria in the north. Geology. The following coal seams occur within the Coal Measures Group in this coalfield. Not all seams are present in any one part of the coalfield: Middle Coal Measures Formation