Nolichucky River

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The Nolichucky River is a whitewater river in the southeastern United States, flowing through North Carolina and Tennessee and renowned for its rugged gorge and popular rafting and kayaking opportunities.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
basinCountry United States ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
crossesMountainRange Appalachian Mountains ⓘ
drainageBasin Blue Ridge Mountains ⓘ
ecosystem Southern Appalachian riparian habitat ⓘ
etymology name derived from a Cherokee word or phrase ⓘ
flowsThrough Greene County, Tennessee ⓘ
Mitchell County, North Carolina ⓘ
Unicoi County, Tennessee ⓘ
Washington County, Tennessee ⓘ
Yancey County, North Carolina ⓘ
hasActivitySeason spring and early summer peak whitewater flows ⓘ
hasBridge Interstate 26 crossing near Erwin, Tennessee ⓘ
hasDam Nolichucky Dam ⓘ
hasGorgeSection Nolichucky Gorge between Poplar and Erwin ⓘ
hasTributary Big Laurel Creek ⓘ
Cane River ⓘ
Indian Creek ⓘ
Jacks Creek ⓘ
knownFor rugged gorge scenery ⓘ
whitewater kayaking ⓘ
whitewater rafting ⓘ
length approximately 115 miles ⓘ
approximately 185 kilometers ⓘ
locatedIn North Carolina ⓘ
Tennessee ⓘ
locatedInRegion Southeastern United States ⓘ
mouth French Broad River ⓘ
mouthLocation near Newport, Tennessee ⓘ
nearbyCity Erwin, Tennessee ⓘ
Greeneville, Tennessee ⓘ
nearbyTown Poplar, North Carolina ⓘ
partOf Mississippi River watershed via Tennessee and Ohio rivers ⓘ
passesThrough Nolichucky Gorge ⓘ
protectedAreaAlongCourse Cherokee National Forest ⓘ
Pisgah National Forest ⓘ
recreation camping along river corridor ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
paddling ⓘ
riverSystem Tennessee River watershed ⓘ
linked to: Tennessee River
sourceConfluenceOf North Toe River ⓘ
South Toe River ⓘ
sourceLocation near Huntdale, North Carolina ⓘ
stateBorderVicinity North Carolina–Tennessee border ⓘ
tourism commercial whitewater outfitters operate on river ⓘ
usedFor hydroelectric power at Nolichucky Dam ⓘ
whitewaterClassification Class III–IV (popular rafting section) ⓘ

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French Broad River → hasTributary → Nolichucky River ⓘ
Greene County, Tennessee → contains → Nolichucky River ⓘ
Unaka Mountains → drainage → Nolichucky River ⓘ
Nolichucky River valley → river → Nolichucky River ⓘ
Unicoi County, Tennessee → hasFeature → Nolichucky River ⓘ
Nolichucky Gorge recreation area → partOf → Nolichucky River watershed ⓘ
linked to: Nolichucky River
Davy Crockett Lake → locatedOnRiver → Nolichucky River ⓘ
North Toe River → forms → Nolichucky River ⓘ
North Toe River → confluenceForms → Nolichucky River ⓘ
North Toe River → tributaryOf → Nolichucky River ⓘ
Erwin, Tennessee → locatedOnRiver → Nolichucky River ⓘ
Nolichucky Dam → locatedOnRiver → Nolichucky River ⓘ
Nolichucky Dam → impounds → Nolichucky River ⓘ
Nolichucky Dam → hasNameOrigin → Nolichucky River ⓘ
South Toe River → headwaterOf → Nolichucky River ⓘ
South Toe River → tributaryOf → Nolichucky River ⓘ
South Toe River → riverSystem → Nolichucky River system ⓘ
linked to: Nolichucky River
Upper East Tennessee → river → Nolichucky River ⓘ
Limestone, Tennessee → near → Nolichucky River ⓘ