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The Upper Tennessee Valley, looking east from the edge of the Cumberland Plateau near Rockwood, Tennessee. The Tennessee Valley begins in the upper head water portions of the Holston River, the Watauga River, and the Doe River in Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia, as well as east of Asheville, North Carolina, with the headwaters of the French Broad and Pigeon rivers, all of which join ...
Beech River: Tennessee River: 38.3 mi (61.6 km) Lexington: Big Sandy River: Tennessee River: 60 mi (97 km) Bruceton: Big South Fork of the Cumberland River: Cumberland River: 76 mi (122 km) none (Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area) Blackburn Fork River: Roaring River: 14.5 mi [2] none (Cummins Falls State Park) Blood River ...
About half the state's land area is in the Tennessee Valley drainage basin of the Tennessee River. [38] The Cumberland River basin covers the northern half of Middle Tennessee and a small portion of East Tennessee. [39] A small part of north-central Tennessee in Sumner, Macon, and Clay Counties is in the Green River watershed. [42]
This map shows key rivers - French Broad, Nolichucky and Pigeon - and dams that were hit hard by the floods. Key East Tennessee rivers and dams hit hard by Hurricane Helene flooding
The Holston River is a 136-mile (219 km) river that flows from Kingsport, Tennessee, to Knoxville, Tennessee. Along with its three major forks ( North Fork , Middle Fork and South Fork ), it comprises a major river system that drains much of northeastern Tennessee , southwestern Virginia , and northwestern North Carolina .
East Tennessee's major landforms. East Tennessee is located within three major geological divisions of the Appalachian Mountains: the Blue Ridge Mountains on the border with North Carolina in the east; the Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians (usually called the "Great Appalachian Valley" or "Tennessee Valley" [a]) in the center; and the Cumberland Plateau in the west, part of which is in Middle ...
The Tennessee Valley Authority operates the Tennessee River system to provide a wide range of public benefits: year-round navigation, flood damage reduction, affordable electricity, improved water quality and water supply, recreation, and economic growth.