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Location: Grainger / Hamblen / Jefferson / Hawkins counties, Tennessee, United States: Coordinates: 1]: Type: Reservoir: Primary inflows: Holston River: Primary outflows: Holston River: Basin countries: United States: Managing agency: Tennessee Valley Authority: Surface area: 28,780 acres (11,650 ha): Average depth: 30 ft (9.1 m): Water volume: 749,400 acre⋅ft (924,400,000 m 3): Shore length ...
[1] [2] Douglas Dam is located just over 32 miles (51 km) upstream from the French Broad River's confluence with the Holston River in Knoxville, to form the Tennessee River. The Douglas Lake reservoir inundates about a 40-mile (64 km) stretch of the French Broad River between the Douglas Dam and the Irish Bottoms area near Newport .
J. Percy Priest Lake is a reservoir in north central part of Tennessee. It is formed by J. Percy Priest Dam , located between miles six and seven of the Stones River . The dam (easily visible from Interstate 40 ) is located about 10 miles (16 km) east of downtown Nashville and impounds a lake 42 mi (68 km) long.
Center Hill Lake has a storage capacity of 762,000 acre⋅ft (940,000,000 m 3) of water. The lake has approximately 415 mi (668 km) of shoreline, with the deepest point at 190 ft (58 m). The watershed area for the lake is 2,174 sq mi (5,630 km 2). The lake is well known for water recreation and fishing. Sunset over Center Hill Lake
The Tennessee River flowing through the Tennessee River Gorge The "Steamboat Bill" Hudson Memorial Bridge in Decatur, Alabama Natchez Trace Parkway, crossing the Tennessee River in Cherokee, Alabama. The Tennessee River is a 652 mi (1,049 km) long river located in the southeastern United States in the Tennessee Valley.
According to the 2004 TVA River and Reservoir Operations Study, Watauga Lake is approximately 16.3 mi (26.2 km) long, with 104.9 mi (168.8 km) of shoreline. At the TVA summertime water level target "full pool", the lake surface covers 6,430 acres (26.0 km 2) and the estimated depth of Watauga Lake is 265 feet (81 m) at the dam. At full pool ...
Currently, drought conditions are the worst in four western Middle Tennessee counties, west of Interstate 65 near the Tennessee River. Water continues to flow at Duck River in Centerville, Tenn ...
Tims Ford Lake is a reservoir run by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) in southern middle Tennessee. The lake encompasses 10,700 acres (16.7 sq mi; 43 km 2) and approximately 250 miles (400 km) of shoreline. The Tims Ford Dam was named from an early ford crossing the Elk River near Winchester.