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Major Land Resource Areas in Alabama

122–Highland Rim and Pennyroyal
125–Cumberland Plateau and Mountains
128–Southern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
129–Sand Mountain
133A–Southern Coastal Plain
135A–Alabama and Mississippi Blackland Prairie
136–Southern Piedmont
152A–Eastern Gulf Coast Flatwoods

Map showing the MLRAs in Alabama

From Land Resource Regions and Major Land Resource Areas of the United States, the Caribbean, and the Pacific Basin (Ag Handbook 296) - This publication describes 28 land resource regions and the physiography, geology, climate, water resources, soils, biological resources, and kinds of land use in 278 major land resource areas in the United States, the Caribbean, and the Pacific Basin.