From the Eastern Shore to Cumberland Gap, Virginia stretches across five distinct regions, each home to unique and amazing geology.
The Piedmont begins at the Fall Line, the series of East Coast waterfalls that mark the upstream limit to ship navigation, such as Belle Else in Richland, where the turbulent James River ero.
In the Coastal Plain�s wedge of fossil-rich sediments, a meteor impact crater�the sixth largest on Earth�helped determine the location of Chesapeake Bay.
From the Eastern Shore to Cumberland Gap, Virginia stretches across five distinct regions, each home to unique and amazing geology