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Central Alabama is the region in the state of Alabama that stretches approximately 170 miles from the western border with Mississippi to eastern border with Georgia and 136 miles from the northern border of Cullman County to the Alabama River in southern Autauga County.

The main foothills of the Appalachians such as ridges as Red Mountain, Sand Mountain, Beaver Creek Mountain, Shades Mountain, and Coldwater Mountain are co-located in this region primarily around Greater Birmingham, Gadsden, and Anniston. The easternmost portions of Central Alabama around Anniston is the most ridged and elevated of the region. Coldwater Mountain and Mount Cheaha makes up the highest of the mountain ridges that are located in the eastern portion of the region. The Coosa River divides the easternmost portion of the region from the central portion with the Birmingham area. The westernmost portion of Central Alabama is relatively a flat region with very fertile black soil, i.e. "The Black Belt". The Black Warrior River and its tributaries contribute to the very fertile land of the area, and also serve as a demarcation line between the western and the central portions of the region. The central portion of Central Alabama is mainly the region that varies from rugged to the east to flat to the west.

 

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Astronauts have begun spacewalk

Nov 22, 2008 6:42 pm

Astronauts on the international space station have begun the longest and hardest spacewalk of their mission, a seven-hour-plus excursion to wrap up repair work on a gummed-up joint. Engineers back on ...

 

Cool day forecast

Nov 22, 2008 2:26 pm

Today will be sunny and cool, with light winds and a high of about 53 degrees, the National Weather Service said. Tomorrow will be a little warmer, with a high of 60 degrees.

 

Today's eye-openers: Highlights from Saturday's Birmingham News

Nov 22, 2008 1:34 pm

Peanut Depot shells out for its first new roaster in 101 years. AIDS orphans 7,000 in Alabama. Hoover, Leeds and Cordova win in state high school football playoffs. More layoffs at Southern Progress. ...

 

Rhodes Scholars program to interview students in Birmingham on Saturday

Nov 22, 2008 4:23 am

Three students from Alabama will compete Saturday in Birmingham to become Rhodes Scholars. University of Alabama student Paul Hanninen of Tuscaloosa, Duke University student Julia Parker Goyer of Mou...

 

Parent's lawsuit against Hoover schools settled

Nov 22, 2008 3:57 am

The Hoover school board and Superintendent Andy Craig have settled a lawsuit with a Hoover parent who claimed they violated the Alabama Public Records Act by failing to provide copies of documents she...

 

Forecast: Football fans face subfreezing temps

Nov 21, 2008 11:49 pm

It won't be the frozen tundra, but frigid temperatures are awaiting high school football fans in the Birmingham area tonight.The temperature at 5 p.m. in Birmingham was already at 35; the wind chill i...

 

Study: Earthquake would be catastrophe for South

Nov 21, 2008 10:13 pm

The Federal Emergency Management Agency released the two-year study this week as part of the Catastrophic Earthquake Disaster Response Planning Initiative. Besides Tennessee, the seismic zone includes...

 
 

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