Some facts about the Cumberland plateau:

·        The Cumberland plateau is the southern part of the Appalachian plateau.

·         The Cumberland plateau touches the North West part of Georgia.

·         The Cumberland plateau begins in Birmingham, Alabama.

·         In the Cumberland plateau there are red shouldered hawks, cougars, songbirds, salamanders, and many other animals.

Here are some ways that the plateau formed:

• A large part of plateau is a coal mine.
• The plateau was eroded by wind and water.
• It is an eroded plane of sedimentary rock.

           A photo of the Cumberland plateau. 

 This is a photo of the Cumberland plateau in Tennessee. 

We found our information from these sites:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumberland_Plateau

http://www.sherpaguides.com/georgia/mountains/cumberland_plateau/cumberland_plateau.html

http://www.savebiogems.org/cumberland/fastfacts.html