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Elk River (Tennessee River tributary)
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This article is about the river in Middle Tennessee. For the river in the Tri-Cities region, see Elk River (North Carolina-Tennessee).
The Elk River is a tributary of the Tennessee River in the U.S. states of Tennessee and Alabama. The river is about 195 miles (314 km) long.[2]
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Elk River | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Tennessee, Alabama |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Junction of Laurel and Jay Creeks |
• location | Cumberland Plateau, Tennessee |
• coordinates | 35°21′37″N 85°50′10″W[1] |
• elevation | 1,010 ft (310 m)[2] |
Mouth | Tennessee River |
• location | Wheeler Lake, Alabama |
• coordinates | 34°45′41″N 87°15′56″W[1] |
• elevation | 558 ft (170 m)[1] |
Length | 195 mi (314 km)[2] |
Discharge | |
• location | USGS gage 03584600 at Prospect, TN[3] |
• average | 3,137 cu ft/s (88.8 m3/s)[3] |
• minimum | 101 cu ft/s (2.9 m3/s) |
• maximum | 105,000 cu ft/s (3,000 m3/s) |
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