Earth Science 7-Knoxville, Tennessee

Knoxville, Tennessee

latitude and longitude - 35° 57' 38" N / 83° 55' 14" W

elevation - 285 meters

Closest Body of Water - Atlantic Ocean - 375 miles

Average Monthly Rainfall

               Jan  Feb  Mar Apr	May	 Jun	 Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct Nov Dec  Year

inches 8.1 4.7 4.3 3.6 5.1 5.1 7.3 4.5 1.5 3.4 2.1 3.2 53.0

Average Monthly High Temperature

        Jan	          Feb	 Mar	  Apr         May	  Jun	   Jul	          Aug	  Sep	  Oct	 Nov	 Dec	 Year

°F 45.9 50.2 61.0 70.5 77.4 84.4 87.1 86.4 81.0 70.3 60.3 50.0 68.7

Average Monthly High Temperature

         Jan	          Feb	  Mar	  Apr	 May	  Jun	  Jul  	 Aug	  Sep	  Oct	 Nov	 Dec	 Year

°F 28.6 31.6 40.1 48.4 56.7 64.0 68.4 68.0 62.1 49.1 40.8 32.5 49.1

GEOLOGY

nearest plate boundary- North American plate is rougly 1,000 miles away

most found rock- marble

  -sedimentary
  -known as the Marble City
  -"Tennessee marble achieved such popularity in the late-19th century that Knoxville, the stone's primary finishing and distribution center, became known as The Marble City." - wikipedia Tennessee marble.

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