Cheoah River
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| Cheoah River | |
| Country | United States |
|---|---|
| State | North Carolina |
| Part of | Little Tennessee → Tennessee → Ohio → Mississippi |
| Source | |
| - elevation | 601 m (1,972 ft) |
| - coordinates | 35°19′38.3196″N 83°48′7.635″W / 35.327311000°N 83.80212083°W |
| Mouth | |
| - location | Little Tennessee River |
| - elevation | 333 m (1,093 ft) |
| - coordinates | 35°26′55.307″N 83°56′22.65″W / 35.44869639°N 83.9396250°W |
The Cheoah River is a tributary of the Little Tennessee River in North Carolina in the United States.
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 Santeetlah Reservoir and flows towards the Tennessee border with a terminus at the Little Tennessee between the Cheoah Dam and Lake Calderwood.
References
"Cheoah River". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 2011-01-03.
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