Tennessee River Totally Explained

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Tennessee River is the largest tributary of the Ohio River. It is approximately 652 miles (1049 km) long and is located in the southeastern United States in the Tennessee Valley. The river was once popularly known as the Cherokee River, among other names. .
Georgia made several unsuccessful attempts to correct the erroneous survey line in the 19th and 20th centuries.
In 2008, as a result of a serious drought and resulting water shortage, the Georgia General Assembly passed a resolution directing the governor to pursue its claim in the United States Supreme Court.
Many Tennessee lawmakers have dismissed the Georgia claims and are mounting a legislative challenge to keep the border where it is.

Popular culture

Cormac McCarthy's 1979 novel Suttree concerns a man who forsakes his life of privilege to become a fisherman along the Tennessee River in Knoxville in the early 1950s.

The song "Tennessee River" was recorded by the country music band Alabama in 1980.

Tennessee River tributaries

Tributaries and sub-tributaries are hierarchically listed in order from the mouth of the Tennessee River upstream.

Big Sandy River (Tennessee)

Duck River (Tennessee)

Buffalo River (Tennessee)
Piney River (Tennessee)

Beech River (Tennessee)

Bear Creek (Alabama, Mississippi)

Buzzard Roost Creek (Alabama)
Cypress Creek (Alabama)
Shoal Creek (Alabama)
First Creek (Alabama)
Elk River (Tennessee, Alabama)
Flint Creek (Alabama)
Limestone Creek (Alabama, Tennessee)
- Beaverdam Creek (Alabama)
Indian Creek (Alabama)
- Barren Fork Creek
Flint River (Alabama, Tennessee)
Paint Rock River (Alabama, Tennessee)
Sequatchie River (Tennessee)
Chattanooga Creek (Tennessee, Georgia)
Chickamauga Creek (Tennessee, Georgia)
Hiwassee River (Tennessee, North Carolina)
- Conasauga Creek (Tennessee)
- Ocoee River (Tennessee, Georgia)
- Nottely River (North Carolina, Georgia)
Piney River (Tennessee)
Clinch River (Tennessee, Virginia)
- Emory River (Tennessee)
  - Obed River (Tennessee)
- Powell River (Tennessee, Virginia)
Little Tennessee River (Tennessee, North Carolina)
- Tellico River (Tennessee)
- Tuckasegee River (North Carolina)
- Nantahala River (North Carolina)
- Cullasaja River (North Carolina)
Little River (Tennessee)
French Broad River
- Little Pigeon River (Tennessee)
- Nolichucky River (Tennessee, North Carolina)
- Pigeon River (Tennessee, North Carolina)
Holston River (Tennessee)
- North Fork Holston River (Tennessee, Virginia)
- South Fork Holston River (Tennessee, Virginia)
  - Watauga River (Tennessee, North Carolina)
    - Doe River (Tennessee)
  - Middle Fork Holston River (Virginia)

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