Little Tennessee River
| Little Tennessee River | |
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.jpg) Little Tennessee River in North Carolina
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| Country | United States |
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| States | Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee |
| Part of | Tennessee → Ohio → Mississippi |
| Tributaries | |
| - left | Nantahala River, Cheoah River, Citico Creek, Tellico River |
| - right | Tuckasegee River, Hazel Creek, Abrams Creek |
| Primary source | Keener Creek |
| - location | Rabun County, Georgia |
| - elevation | 3,240 ft (988 m) |
| - coordinates | 34°57′36″N 83°27′53″W / 34.96000°N 83.46472°W |
| Secondary source | Billy Creek |
| - location | Rabun County, Georgia |
| - elevation | 2,640 ft (805 m) |
| - coordinates | 34°55′17″N 83°27′04″W / 34.92139°N 83.45111°W |
| Source confluence | |
| - location | Rabun County, Georgia |
| - elevation | 2,169 ft (661 m) |
| - coordinates | 34°55′49″N 83°26′11″W / 34.93028°N 83.43639°W |
| Mouth | Tennessee River |
| - location | Lenoir City, Tennessee |
| - elevation | 741 ft (226 m) |
| - coordinates | 35°46′57″N 84°15′28″W / 35.78250°N 84.25778°WCoordinates: 35°46′57″N 84°15′28″W / 35.78250°N 84.25778°W |
| Length | 135 mi (217 km) |
| Basin | 2,627 sq mi (6,804 km2) |
| Discharge | for Tallassee, Tennessee (below Chilhowee Dam), 33 miles (53 km) above the mouth |
| - average | 5,012 cu ft/s (142 m3/s) (mean for water years 1958–1979) |
| - max | 41,500 cu ft/s (1,175 m3/s) May 1973 |
| - min | 20 cu ft/s (0.6 m3/s) October 1974 |
 Little Tennessee River watershed
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The Little Tennessee River is a 135-mile (217 km) tributary of the Tennessee River that flows through the Blue Ridge Mountains of Georgia, North Carolina, and Tennessee, in the southeastern United States. It drains portions of three national forests— Chattahoochee, Nantahala, and Cherokee— and provides the southwestern boundary of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The river flows through five major impoundments: Fontana Dam, Cheoah Dam, Calderwood Dam, Chilhowee Dam, and Tellico Dam, and one smaller impoundment, Porters Bend Dam.
The Little Tennessee River rises in the Blue Ridge Mountains, in the Chattahoochee National Forest in northeast Georgia's Rabun County. After flowing north through the mountains past Dillard into southwestern North Carolina, it is joined by the Cullasaja River at Franklin. The river then turns northwest, flowing through the Nantahala National Forest along the north side of the Nantahala Mountains. It crosses into eastern Tennessee and joins the Tennessee River at Lenoir City, 25 miles (40 km) southwest of Knoxville.
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