Cheoah River

Cheoah River; Tributary to Little Tennessee River
	Cheoah River in Tapoco, North Carolina
Location
Country	United States
State	North Carolina
County	Graham ; Swain
Physical characteristics
Source	Confluence of Sweetwater and Tulula Creeks
⁃ location	Robbinsville, North Carolina
⁃ coordinates	35°19′38.3196″N83°48′7.635″W / 35.327311000°N 83.80212083°W
⁃ elevation	1,993 ft (607 m) [1]
Mouth
⁃ location	Little Tennessee River
⁃ coordinates	35°26′55.307″N83°56′22.65″W / 35.44869639°N 83.9396250°W Coordinates: 35°26′55.307″N83°56′22.65″W / 35.44869639°N 83.9396250°W
⁃ elevation	1,106 ft (337 m) [1]
Length	18.16 mi (29.23 km) [2]
Basin size	215.14 square miles (557.2 km2) [3]
Discharge
⁃ location	Little Tennessee River
⁃ average	687.43 cu ft/s (19.466 m3/s) at mouth with Little Tennessee River [3]
Basin features
Progression	northwest
River system	Little Tennessee → Tennessee → Ohio → Mississippi
Tributaries
⁃ left	Tulula Creek; Long Creek; Stillhouse Hollow; Massey Branch; Snowbird Creek; West Buffalo Creek; Charikus Branch; Farley Cove; Santeetlah Creek; Gold Mine Branch; Rock Creek; Laurel Branch; Persimmon Tree Branch; Falls Branch; Deep Creek; Frisby Branch; Barker Creek; Bear Creek; Otter Rock Branch; Yellowhammer Branch;
⁃ right	Sweetwater Creek; Mountain Creek; Ground Squirrel Branch; East Buffalo Creek; Gladdens Creek; Cochran Creek; Cochran Creek; Yellow Creek; Puncheon Camp Branch; Halfmile Branch; Meadow Branch
Waterbodies	Santeetlah Lake

Last updated October 20, 2019

The Cheoah River is a tributary of the Little Tennessee River in North Carolina in the United States.

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.

North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States. North Carolina is the 28th largest and 9th-most populous of the 50 United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Georgia and South Carolina to the south, and Tennessee to the west. Raleigh is the state's capital and Charlotte is its largest city. The Charlotte metropolitan area, with an estimated population of 2,569,213 in 2018, is the most populous metropolitan area in North Carolina, the 23rd-most populous in the United States, and the largest banking center in the nation after New York City. North Carolina's second largest metropolitan area is the Raleigh metropolitan area, with an estimated population of 1,337,331 in 2018, and is home to the largest research park in the United States, Research Triangle Park, in Chapel Hill, Durham, and Raleigh.

It is located in Graham County in far western North Carolina, near Robbinsville, and is approximately 20 miles in length. Its headwaters are in the Appalachian Mountains where it flows northwest near Robbinsville, to the Lake Santeetlah and flows towards the Tennessee border with a terminus at the Little Tennessee between the Cheoah Dam and Lake Calderwood.

Graham County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2010 census, the population was 8,861, making it the third-least populous county in North Carolina. Its county seat is Robbinsville. The county was formed January 30, 1872, from the northeastern part of Cherokee County. It was named for William A. Graham, United States Senator from North Carolina (1840–1843) and Governor of North Carolina (1845–1849).

Robbinsville is a town in Graham County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 620 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Graham County.

Appalachian Mountains mountain range in the eastern United States and Canada, and France

The Appalachian Mountains, often called the Appalachians, are a system of mountains in eastern North America. The Appalachians first formed roughly 480 million years ago during the Ordovician Period. They once reached elevations similar to those of the Alps and the Rocky Mountains before experiencing natural erosion. The Appalachian chain is a barrier to east–west travel, as it forms a series of alternating ridgelines and valleys oriented in opposition to most highways and railroads running east–west.

Variant names

According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:^[4]

The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) is a database that contains name and locative information about more than two million physical and cultural features located throughout the United States of America and its territories. It is a type of gazetteer. GNIS was developed by the United States Geological Survey in cooperation with the United States Board on Geographic Names (BGN) to promote the standardization of feature names.

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References

1 2 "Cheoah River Topo Map, Graham County NC (Tapoco Area)". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
↑ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
1 2 "Cheoah River Watershed Report". Waters Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
↑ "GNIS Detail - Cheoah River". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 16 October 2019.

"Cheoah River". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved 2011-01-03.

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[CRTopozone-1] 1 2 "Cheoah River Topo Map, Graham County NC (Tapoco Area)". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 16 October 2019.

[geoviewer-2] "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 16 October 2019.

[watershed-3] 1 2 "Cheoah River Watershed Report". Waters Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 16 October 2019.

[GNIS-4] "GNIS Detail - Cheoah River". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 16 October 2019.