Ecoregions of Kentucky 89° 88° 87° 86° 85° 84° 83° 82° 54 71 Cincinnati 55 39° 39° Covington 72 55 70 ver 71 Ri o HIO hi O O Williamstown Lake Maysville Elmer 71k S Davis . L F i c Lake o k r Ashland r i n e k g v Ri i Elk L ve R i r c y r Lake 70d d e 71 k Huntington n v i i 71d n a S g R 70h R e l iv t e t y i r d L n Grayson a 70 S Lake g 71d i k B Louisville e Morehead 70b e Frankfort r C e Yatesville t a l Lake S K e Lexington 38° IN n 38° 72 D t IAN t River Taylorsville u Cave Run A Sal c 71l Lake k Lake W y k r Evansville E R o 70f F S i Paintsville T v a e 70g Lake is V O r v e I 69 h i Red L R o R i v e r Henderson Rive G r IN 71c Bardstown I 72a Herrington A Lake Richmond Dewey Owensboro Lake Carbondale Ro ll Elizabethtown in g Danville F No 71a o rth r F G 71b k o ree rk n gh River Mid K ou dl e R n iv R e F er Rough River t Pikeville o u r c Lake k k Fishtrap K y e Lake n R t u i P v 72 Trad c ew o e a 72c k n r te d y R r i R v e i v Campbellsville 69d Cape e r Nolin Girardeau River R Madisonville 73 i Buckhorn v Lake Hazard e r Lake r Gre 72h Green River e Cum en v Wood Creek berla i nd Lake IL R R Lake iv Mammoth L er 72 I N O Cave NP I London S R e l i t v Somerset 68c s e a Paducah r c 72a k 69 nessee R c 68a 37° n iv o 37° Te e Laurel r Lake 71g R Glasgow River Mayfield Malone Bowling Green Lake Charleston Corbin R K 71a i e v n L e t a u I r k c Hopkinsville Lake e an R k rl d 73 e R y U B Russellville Barren Cumberland Cumberland b iv L a m e O River u r Martins a r Falls S k 71f k C Fork S e l Lake I e Mayfield y 71h Lake M 69e k 67 For rtins 71e Dale Hollow Ma i R Lake p i 74b Bristol p v i e s r Middlesboro s VIRGINIA i s s TENN i ESSEE Kingsport M 73a 73a 74a Clarksville 67 71 71 68 69 73 74 65 65 66 89° 88° 87° 86° 85° 84° 83° INTERIOR—G EOLOG ICAL S U RVEY, RES TON, VIRG INIA—2002 82° PRINCIPAL AUTHORS: Alan J. Woods (Dynamac Corporation), James M. Omernik (USEPA), William H. 68 Southwestern Appalachians 71 Interior Plateau Martin (Division of Natural Areas, Eastern Kentucky University), Greg J. Pond (KDEP, Division of Water, 68aCumberland Plateau 71aCrawford–Mammoth Cave Uplands Water Quality Branch), William M. Andrews (Kentucky Geological Survey), Sam M. Call (KDEP, Division 68cPlateau Escarpment 71bMitchell Plain 71cKnobs–Norman Upland 69 Central Appalachians of Water, Water Quality Branch), Jeffrey A. Comstock (Indus Corporation), and David D. Taylor (USFS). 71dOuter Bluegrass 69dDissected Appalachian Plateau COLLABORATORS AND CONTRIBUTORS: Terry Anderson (KDEP, Division of Water, Water Quality 71eWestern Pennyroyal Karst Plain 69eCumberland Mountain Thrust Block Branch), John Brumley (KDEP, Division of Water, Water Quality Branch), Julian Campbell (The Nature Level III ecoregion 71fWestern Highland Rim Level IV ecoregion Conservancy), Thomas R. Loveland (USGS), Jim Harrison (USEPA), and Mike Mills (KDEP, Division of 70 Western Allegheny Plateau 71gEastern Highland Rim County boundary 71hOuter Nashville Basin Water, Water Quality Branch). 70bMonongahela Transition Zone State boundary 70dKnobs–Lower Scioto Dissected 71kHills of the Bluegrass International boundary REVIEWERS: Mike Barbour (Tetra Tech), William S. Bryant (Professor, Department of Biology, Thomas Plateau 71lInner Bluegrass 70fOhio/Kentucky Carboniferous More College), H.R. DeSelm (Emeritus Professor, Department of Botany, University of Tennessee, 72 Interior River Valleys and Hills Plateau Knoxville), and Clara Leuthart (Chair and Associate Professor, Department of Geosciences, University of 72aWabash–Ohio Bottomlands 70gNorthern Forested Plateau 72cGreen River–Southern Wabash Louisville). Escarpment Lowlands 70hCarter Hills CITING THIS POSTER: Woods, A.J., Omernik, J.M., Martin, W.H., Pond, G.J., Andrews, W.M., Call, S.M, 72hCaseyville Hills Comstock, J.A., and Taylor, D.D., 2002, Ecoregions of Kentucky (color poster with map, descriptive text, 73 Mississippi Alluvial Plain summary tables, and photographs): Reston, VA., U.S. Geological Survey (map scale 1:1,000,000). 15 10 5 0 30 60 mi 73aHolocene Meander Belts This project was partially supported by funds from the USEPA's Office of Research and Development 30 20 10 0 60 120 km 74 Mississippi Valley Loess Plains through USEPA Region IV's Regional Ecological Assessment Program (REAP) via contract 68-D-01-0005 Albers Equal Area Projection 74aBluff Hills to Dynamac Corporation. Standard parrallels 37° N and 39° N 74bLoess Plains .