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| | Southwest Virginia is characterized by a series of ridges running northeast-southwest, forming a nearly impenetrable barrier for travelers going westward. Most travelers were forced follow along the valleys formed by these ridges until a "gap" was reached where passage into the next valley was possible. In some cases, as with Pound Gap" a gap would form where a river cut through a ridge. in some cases, such as Brumley's gap, a gap would form because the earth's movement's realign the lay of a ridge. The origin of Cumberland Gap is much more unusual.
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