
Skyline of Downtown Nashville at the Cumberland River during blue-hour, seen from the Korean War Memorial Bridge.Īlabama | Alaska | Arizona | Arkansas | California | Colorado | Connecticut | Delaware | Florida | Georgia | Hawaii | Idaho | Illinois | Indiana | Iowa | Kansas | Kentucky | Louisiana | Maine | Maryland | Massachusetts | Michigan | Minnesota | Mississippi | Missouri | Montana | Nebraska | Nevada | New Hampshire | New Jersey | New Mexico | New York | North Carolina | North Dakota | Ohio | Oklahoma | Oregon | Pennsylvania | Rhode Island | South Carolina | South Dakota | Tennessee | Texas | Utah | Vermont | Virginia | Washington | West Virginia | Wisconsin | Wyomingġ. Nashville (671,000), Memphis (651,000), Knoxville (187,600), Chattanooga (167,000), Clarksville (133,000), Murfreesboro (109,000)Īthens, Bolivar, Bristol, Brownsville, Cleveland, Columbia, Cookeville, Dickson, Dyersburg, Fayetteville, Franklin, Gallatin, Gatlinburg, Germantown, Greeneville, Hendersonville, Jackson, Johnson City, Kingsport, Lawrenceburg, Lebanon, Lexington, Linden, Livingston, Martin, Maryville, McMinnville, Milan, Millington, Morristown, Newport, Oak Ridge, Oneida, Paris, Portland, Pulaski, Savannah, Selmer, Shelbyville, Smyrna, Tullahoma, Union City, and Waverly. Largest cities in Tennessee with a population of more than 100,000: The riverboat was moored in Chattanooga, Tennessee serving as a floating hotel. The Delta Queen is a famous sternwheel steamboat and a National Historic Landmark. The highest elevation in the state lies on the border with North Carolina in the east, the Clingmans Dome at 2,025 m (6,643 ft), a mountain in the Great Smoky Mountains (which are part of the Blue Ridge Mountains). III: Between Tennessee River and the Mississippi lies West Tennessee, a mostly agricultural region except for the state's second-largest city Memphis.

Middle Tennessee lies west of the Cumberland Plateau the region features rolling hills and fertile river valleys and the state capital Nashville as well as Tennessee's largest metro, the Nashville Metropolitan Area with a population of 1.6 million people. The southern part of the Appalachian Plateau, the Cumberland Plateau dominates East Tennessee, within this mountainous area there are East Tennessee's principal cities Knoxville, Chattanooga, and the Tri-Cities (Kingsport, Johnson City, and Bristol).Įast Tennessee is almost entirely in the Eastern Time Zone (see: US Time Zone Map) while the rest of the state uses Central Time.

Nickajack Lake Tennessee is a reservoir created by Nickajack Dam on the Tennessee River.
