The Appalachian Plateau

   Investigate the Appalachian Plateau Region of Virginia.  Print this graphic organizer to record your findings.  Use this page and your textbook to help you.

   The Appalachian Plateau Region of Virginia is located in Southwest Virginia.  It is the smallest of Virginia's geographic regions.  Only the counties of Wise, Dickenson, and Buchanan are in this region.  (Click here to view Virginia and the Appalachian Plateau.)

    Only a small part of the Appalachian Plateau is located in Virginia. A plateau is a raised, level piece of land.   The Appalachian Plateau region of Virginia is sometimes called the "toe of the boot."  Its major landform is a plateau which makes this region higher than the Ridge and Valley Region.  The average elevation or height of this region is 2000 ft. above sea level.  What region is level with the sea?

    The land of the Appalachian Plateau Region is rugged and covered with forests and valuable coal fields. 

This seam of coal was located in Buchanan County.

Places of Interest in the Appalachian Plateau Region: