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Shenandoah Valley

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The Shenandoah Valley is a geographic valley and cultural region of western Virginia and the eastern panhandle of West Virginia, lying between the Blue Ridge Mountains to the east and the Ridge and Valley Appalachians to the west, bounded by the Potomac River to the north and the James River to the south. It sits within the Ridge and Valley physiographic province as part of the larger Great Appalachian Valley, with a floor elevation ranging from 500 to 1,500 feet and a northeast to southwest orientation shaped by erosion of the folded sedimentary rock underlying the region. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to formative process Erosion via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Shenandoah Valley

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Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to discipline Geomorphology via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Shenandoah Valley
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The Shenandoah Valley () is a geographic valley and cultural region of western Virginia and the eastern panhandle of West Virginia in the United States.
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