Nolichucky River
| Nolichucky River | |
|---|---|
The Nolichucky River at Embreeville, Tennessee | |
Nolichucky watershed | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | North Carolina, Tennessee |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | North Toe River |
| • location | Avery County, North Carolina |
| • coordinates | 35°15′57″N 81°53′13″W / 35.26583°N 81.88694°W |
| • elevation | 4,350 ft (1,330 m) |
| 2nd source | Cane River |
| • location | Yancey County, North Carolina |
| • coordinates | 35°45′55″N 82°18′33″W / 35.76528°N 82.30917°W |
| • elevation | 3,553 ft (1,083 m) |
| Source confluence | |
| • location | Yancey County, North Carolina |
| • coordinates | 36°01′44″N 82°19′37″W / 36.02889°N 82.32694°W |
| • elevation | 2,021 ft (616 m) |
| Mouth | French Broad River |
• location | Cocke County/Hamblen County line, Tennessee |
• coordinates | 36°04′55″N 83°13′45″W / 36.08194°N 83.22917°W |
• elevation | 1,001 ft (305 m) |
| Length | 115 mi (185 km) |
| Basin size | 1,744 sq mi (4,520 km2) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Embreeville, Tennessee(mean for water years 1920–2005) |
| • average | 1,378 cu ft/s (39.0 m3/s)(mean for water years 1920–2005) |
| • minimum | 88 cu ft/s (2.5 m3/s)September 1925 |
| • maximum | 120,000 cu ft/s (3,400 m3/s)May 1901 |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Nolichucky → French Broad → Tennessee → Ohio → Mississippi → Gulf of Mexico |
The Nolichucky River is a 115-mile (185 km) river that flows through western North Carolina and East Tennessee in the southeastern United States. Traversing the Pisgah National Forest and the Cherokee National Forest in the Blue Ridge Mountains, the river's watershed includes some of the highest mountains in the Appalachians, including Mount Mitchell in North Carolina, the highest point in the eastern United States. The river is a tributary of the French Broad River and is impounded by Nolichucky Dam near Greeneville, Tennessee.