Description: The large cleared areas lie chiefly in local basins such as the Asheville basin and the valley basins of the Little Tennessee. The smaller isolated areas are largely upon the hillslopes and in the upper and smaller basins or coves. Source: Isaiah Bowman, Ph. D, Forest Physiography (New York, NY: John Wiley and Sons, 1911) 613 Map Credit: The Private Collection of Roy Winkelman
