Central Alabama is the region in the state of Alabama that stretches approximately 170 miles from the western border with Mississippi to eastern border with Georgia and 136 miles from the northern border of Cullman County to the Alabama River in southern Autauga County.
Geography
The geography of the Central Alabama is considered to the second most rugged in Alabama compared to that of North Alabama. The southernmost end of the Appalachians are located in the region.
The main foothills of the Appalachians such as ridges as Red Mountain, Sand Mountain, Beaver Creek Mountain, Shades Mountain, and Coldwater Mountain are co-located in this region primarily around the Birmingham area, Gadsden, and Anniston. The easternmost portions of Central Alabama around Anniston is the most ridged and elevated of the region. Coldwater Mountain and Mount Cheaha makes up the highest of the mountain ridges that are located in the eastern portion of the region. The Coosa River divides the easternmost portion of the region from the central portion with the Birmingham area. The westernmost portion of Central Alabama is relatively a flat region with very fertile black soil, i.e. "The Black Belt". The Black Warrior River and its tributaries contributes to the very fertile land of the area, and in addtion to that its also serves as a demarcation line between it and the central portion of the region. The central portion of Central Alabama is mainly the region that varies from rugged to the east to flat to the west. There are numerous valleys that are scattered throughout this region between the mountain ridges including Jones Valley and Shades Valley. Jones and Shades Valley are the largest and the most densely populated of the valleys that are scattered around Central Alabama. Though the central portion is more rugged compared to the westernmost portion of Central Alabama, it is actually the most flood-prone. The many valleys, ridges, and urban sprawl has vastly contributed this major threat to the area.
The Black Warrior, Cahaba, and Coosa and their tributaries are among the many waterways that snake their way through the region. Other major waterways that snakes it way through the area includes Chocolocco Creek, Shades Creek, and Little Cahaba River
The large deposits of iron ore and coal makes up the vast majority of the minerals that is found in the region.
The economic engine of the region ranges from the diversified economy of Greater Birmingham, to the college town of Tuscaloosa, to heavy industrialized economy of Anniston.
CentralAlabama is the region in the state of Alabama that stretches approximately 170 miles from the western border with Mississippi to eastern border with Georgia and 136 miles from the northern border of CullmanCounty to the Alabama River in southern Autauga County.
The Coosa River divides the easternmost portion of the region from the central portion with the Birmingham area.
The central portion of CentralAlabama is mainly the region that varies from rugged to the east to flat to the west.
It has been hypothesized that the high incidence of melanoma in Alabama, a Sunbelt state with a mild climate, is due to the settlement of Alabama by a predominance of persons of Irish and Scots descent [8-10].
These results are consistent with historical accounts of early migrations of persons of English, Irish and Scots descent into centralAlabama [23-26], with the national associations of surnames recorded in Alabama Census returns for 1820 and 1830 [27], and with the present composition of the southern United States [25].
Further, previous reports from Alabama suggest that the subgroup of individuals who possess HLA-DRB1*04 are at increased risk for cutaneous melanoma, independent of eye color, hair color, amount of melanin in the skin, or ethnic origin [8].
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