- The Valley and Ridge province is a region of the Appalachian Mountains that consists of ridges and valleys that are formed due to the differences in weathering of heavily folded and faulted rock.
- Much of the karst area is exposed in an elongate valley known as the Great Valley which makes up the eastern part of the Valley and Ridge province.. The Great Valley is described as a elongate valley with limited interruption from Pennsylvania all the way to near Birmingham, Alabama (James, 1920).
- This area is located along the I-81 corridor and is rapidly gaining population, and in addition many surrounding cities rely on water from the Grand Valley Aquifer for their water supply.
- Also studied is the Greenbrier Valley which is located in the western part of the Valley and Ridge, which is right on the edge of the Appalachian Plateau.
- It is important to study all five themes of karst and how they relate to the development of a landscape that contains a crucial aquifer system.
- There also is karst development in southwestern Virginia further south, but for the sake of having a more manageable project I decided to only do the Greenbrier and Great Valley Karst.
- Much of the karst area is exposed in an elongate valley known as the Great Valley which makes up the eastern part of the Valley and Ridge province.. The Great Valley is described as a elongate valley with limited interruption from Pennsylvania all the way to near Birmingham, Alabama (James, 1920).
- This area is located along the I-81 corridor and is rapidly gaining population, and in addition many surrounding cities rely on water from the Grand Valley Aquifer for their water supply.
- Also studied is the Greenbrier Valley which is located in the western part of the Valley and Ridge, which is right on the edge of the Appalachian Plateau.
- It is important to study all five themes of karst and how they relate to the development of a landscape that contains a crucial aquifer system.
- There also is karst development in southwestern Virginia further south, but for the sake of having a more manageable project I decided to only do the Greenbrier and Great Valley Karst.