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South Holston is for flood damage reduction, power production, aquatic ecology, and augmentation of the flow of water during drier periods. [3] The earth-and-rockfill dam is 285 feet (87 m) high and reaches 1,600 feet (490 m) across the South Fork Holston River. [3] South Holston Dam is a hydroelectric facility.
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.
South Holston Dam is a hydroelectric and flood control dam on the South Fork Holston River in Sullivan County, in the U.S. state of Tennessee.It is the uppermost of three dams on the South Fork Holston owned and operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority, which built the dam in the 1940s as part of efforts to control flooding in the Tennessee River watershed.
Fort Patrick Henry Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the South Fork Holston River within the city of Kingsport, in Sullivan County in the U.S. state of Tennessee.It is the lowermost of three dams on the South Fork Holston owned and operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority, which built the dam in the early 1950s to take advantage of the hydroelectric potential created by the regulation of river ...
A fishing ban has been imposed by the government of Macedonia, since 2004 and until 2014. In Albania, since 2003, the state law on fisheries prohibits fishing during the spawning period only, [ 6 ] [ 7 ] but no restrictions exist for the rest of the year, and the fish population is still dwindling due to illegal fishing and overfishing .
Location: Sullivan / Washington counties, Tennessee, United States: Coordinates: 1]: Type: reservoir: Primary inflows: South Fork Holston River, Watauga River: Primary outflows: South Fork Holston River: Basin countries: United States: Surface area: 4,400 acres (18 km 2): Water volume: 75,829 acre⋅ft (0.093534 km 3): Surface elevation: 1,375 ft (419 m) [1]: Boone Lake is a reservoir in ...
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 ...
South Holston Dam — South Holston Lake; on the South Fork Holston River; finished in 1950 by the TVA; Sycamore Dam — Sycamore Reservoir; on Dry Branch, tributary of the Beech River; finished in 1965 by the TVA; Tellico Dam — Tellico Lake; on the Little Tennessee River; finished in 1979 by the TVA