Tennessee River

river in the southeastern United States

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The Tennessee River is a major river in the southeastern United States that flows through several states in the region. It is important for transportation, power generation, and recreation in the areas it serves.

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Encyclopedic overview

The Tennessee River flowing through the Tennessee River Gorge The "Steamboat Bill" Hudson Memorial Bridge in Decatur, Alabama Natchez Trace Parkway, crossing the Tennessee River in Cherokee, Alabama

The Tennessee River is a 652-mile (1,049 km) long river located in the southeastern United States. Flowing through the Tennessee Valley in the states of Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, and Kentucky, it begins at the confluence of French Broad and Holston rivers at Knoxville, and drains into the Ohio River near Paducah, Kentucky. It is the largest tributary of the Ohio, and drains a basin of 40,876 sq mi (105,870 km). It is also the lowest major tributary of the Ohio River, its mouth just 75 km (46.6 mi) upstream from the Ohio's confluence with the Mississippi.

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