Tennessee State Profile and Energy Estimates
Tennessee stretches almost 500 miles across from the state’s eastern border with Virginia and North Carolina to its western border at the Mississippi River. Tennessee’s westernmost city, Memphis, is one of the world’s busiest hubs for barge, air, truck, and rail cargo traffic. Wide bends in the Tennessee River divide the state into three regions: the largely mountainous east, a central basin rimmed by highlands, and the low, rolling plains of western Tennessee.