Everything about The Bluegrass Region totally explained
The
Bluegrass region is a region of the
United States, mostly in northern
Kentucky, containing a majority of the state's population. The region is centered on, with other major
metropolitan areas including, and and extends into southern
Ohio. The Inner Blugrass region (shown in light green on the accompanying map) includes the counties of
Franklin,
Scott,
Harrison,
Woodford,
Fayette,
Bourbon, and
Jessamine .
The region gets its name from
bluegrass, the common name for
grass of the genus
Poa, which is a favored
lawn and
pasture grass in the
eastern United States from
Tennessee northward.
The Bluegrass region is characterized by underlying
fossiliferous
limestone,
dolostone, and
shale of the
Ordovician geological age. Hills are generally rolling, and the
soil is highly fertile for growing
pasture. Because of this, the Bluegrass is well known for its
horse farms. However, the area is becoming increasingly developed with residential and commercial properties, particularly around Lexington. Farms are losing ground to this development and are slowly disappearing. This has led the
World Monuments Fund to include the Bluegrass region on its global list of 100 most endangered sites.
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The Kentucky Bluegrass is bounded on the east by the
Cumberland Plateau, with the
Pottsville Escarpment forming the boundary. On the south and west, it borders the
Pennyroyal Plateau, (also called the Pennyrile), with
Muldraugh Hill, another
escarpment, forming the boundary. Much of the region is drained by the
Kentucky River and its
tributaries. The river cuts a deep
canyon through the region, preserving
meanders that indicate that the river was once a mature low valley that was suddenly uplifted. Particularly near the Kentucky River, the region exhibits
karst topography, with
sinkholes,
caves, and disappearing
streams which drain underground to the river.
Although
Bluegrass music is popular throughout the region, the genre is actually indirectly named for the state rather than the region.
The overall climate for this region of the United States is a
humid subtropical climate and it's located within the
Upland South region of the United States.
The
World Monuments Fund has listed the "Bluegrass Cultural Landscape" on its 100 Most Endangered Spots on Earth.
Gallery
Image:Bluegrass stonewall 8097.JPG|Bluegrass and rock fence of local limestone in central Kentucky.
Image:Kentucky River 8100.JPG|Kentucky River in the Bluegrass region.
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