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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 ...
The Tennessee–Tombigbee Waterway (popularly known as the Tenn-Tom) is a 234-mile (377 km) artificial U.S. waterway built in the 20th century from the Tennessee River to the junction of the Black Warrior - Tombigbee River system near Demopolis, Alabama. The Tennessee–Tombigbee Waterway links commercial navigation from the nation's midsection ...
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 ...
Map Bald River: Tellico River: 6 mi none (Cherokee National Forest) Barren Fork: Collins River: 23.4 mi (37.7 km) McMinnville: Beaver Creek: Clinch River: 44 mi [1] Halls Crossroads: 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 ...
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.
Tennessee is in the Southeastern United States. Most of the state is considered part of the Upland South, and the eastern third is part of Appalachia. [ 1] Tennessee covers roughly 42,143 square miles (109,150 km 2 ), of which 926 square miles (2,400 km 2 ), or 2.2%, is water. It is the 16th smallest state in terms of land area.
Little River is a 60-mile (97 km) river in Tennessee which drains a 380-square-mile (980 km 2) area containing some of the most spectacular scenery in the southeastern United States. The first 18 miles (29 km) of the river are all located within the borders of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The remaining 42 miles (68 km) flow out of ...
Counties of Tennessee. There are 95 counties in the U.S. State of Tennessee. As of 2023, Shelby County was both Tennessee's most populous county, with 910,042 residents, and the largest county in area, covering an area of 755 sq mi (1,955 km 2 ). The least populous county was Pickett County (5,128) and the smallest in area was Trousdale County ...