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Although there are rough vertical bluffs, the soft, more gentle and shallower slopes are made up of shale and limestone that have been eroded over time. The Plateau's river systems include the Clear Fork River, New River and the Cumberland River which is the third largest river in the plateau.

The Cumberland Plateau is a physiographic province in the Appalachian region that rises about 1000 feet above the surrounding areas in the region (Tennessee Vacation, 2018). The rough topography that makes up the Cumberland Plateau has caused a development of isolated settlements and the local economies based on subsistence agriculture (Britannica, 2016).

Near the Cumberland Falls, 400 feet below the top of the formation, going by the age of the bedrock which has moved less than a tenth of an inch for the last 300 million years caused mainly by lateral erosion of the plateau.