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  2. Tennessee Valley - Wikipedia

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    The Tennessee Valley is the drainage basin of the Tennessee River and is largely within the U.S. state of Tennessee. It stretches from southwest Kentucky to north Alabama and from northeast Mississippi to the mountains of Virginia and North Carolina. The border of the valley is known as the Tennessee Valley Divide.

  3. North Alabama - Wikipedia

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    North Alabama. Coordinates: 34°53′13.41″N 86°19′25.32″W. Map of North Alabama counties shaded in, with metropolitan areas labeled. (counties not included in a metropolitan area are shaded in red) North Alabama is a region of the U.S. state of Alabama. Several geographic definitions for the area exist, with all descriptions including ...

  4. Tennessee River - Wikipedia

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    The Tennessee River is formed at the confluence of the Holston and French Broad rivers in present-day Knoxville, Tennessee. From Knoxville, it flows southwest through East Tennessee into Chattanooga before crossing into Alabama. It travels through the Huntsville and Decatur area before reaching the Muscle Shoals area, and eventually forms a ...

  5. List of dams and reservoirs of the Tennessee River - Wikipedia

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    The TVA established the stairway of nine dams and locks that turned the Tennessee River into a 652-mile-long river highway. Dams and reservoirs on the main stem of the river include the following (listed from the farthest upstream to the farthest downstream): Fort Loudoun Dam impounds Fort Loudoun Lake; Watts Bar Dam impounds Watts Bar Lake

  6. Tennessee Valley Authority - Wikipedia

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    The Tennessee Valley Authority ( TVA) is a federally owned electric utility corporation in the United States. TVA's service area covers all of Tennessee, portions of Alabama, Mississippi, and Kentucky, and small areas of Georgia, North Carolina, and Virginia. While owned by the federal government, TVA receives no taxpayer funding and operates ...

  7. Geography of Alabama - Wikipedia

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    The geography of Alabama describes a state in the Southeastern United States in North America. It extends from high mountains to low valleys and sandy beaches. Alabama is 30th in size and borders four U.S. states: Mississippi, Tennessee, Georgia, and Florida. It also borders the Gulf of Mexico .

  8. Cumberland Plateau - Wikipedia

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    The Cumberland Plateau is the southern part of the Appalachian Plateau in the Appalachian Mountains of the United States. It includes much of eastern Kentucky and Tennessee, and portions of northern Alabama and northwest Georgia. [ 1] The terms "Allegheny Plateau" and the "Cumberland Plateau" both refer to the dissected plateau lands lying west ...

  9. Wilson Dam - Wikipedia

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    Wilson Dam is located at river mile 259.4 of the Tennessee River, spanning the river in a roughly north–south orientation between Florence and Muscle Shoals in northern Alabama. [4] The dam is 137 feet (42 m) high and 4,541 feet (1,384 m) long. [ 5 ]