Tennessee River

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river

The Tennessee River is a major waterway in the southeastern United States that flows through several states and serves as a key resource for navigation, power generation, and regional development.

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All labels observed (11)

Label Occurrences
Tennessee River canonical 216
Tennessee River watershed 21
Tennessee River system 10

Statements (81)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
basinArea approximately 106,000 square kilometers ⓘ
approximately 40,900 square miles ⓘ
basinCountry United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
crossesStateBorder Alabama–Mississippi border ⓘ
Tennessee–Alabama border ⓘ
surface form: Alabama–Tennessee border (northward bend)

Tennessee–Alabama border ⓘ
Tennessee–Kentucky border ⓘ
economicImportance supports commercial navigation via a system of locks ⓘ
supports regional industrial development ⓘ
flowsThroughCity Chattanooga ⓘ
surface form: Chattanooga, Tennessee

Decatur, Alabama ⓘ
Florence, Alabama ⓘ
Huntsville, Alabama ⓘ
surface form: Huntsville area, Alabama

Knoxville, Tennessee ⓘ
Muscle Shoals, Alabama ⓘ
Paducah, Kentucky, United States ⓘ
surface form: Paducah, Kentucky
formsReservoir Chickamauga Lake ⓘ
Fort Loudoun Lake ⓘ
Guntersville Lake ⓘ
Kentucky Lake ⓘ
Nickajack Lake ⓘ
Pickwick Lake ⓘ
Watts Bar Lake ⓘ
Wheeler Lake ⓘ
Wilson Lake ⓘ
hasDam Chickamauga Dam ⓘ
Fort Loudoun Dam ⓘ
Guntersville Dam ⓘ
Kentucky Dam ⓘ
Nickajack Dam ⓘ
Pickwick Landing Dam ⓘ
Watts Bar Dam ⓘ
Wheeler Dam ⓘ
Wilson Dam ⓘ
hasLock Chickamauga Dam ⓘ
surface form: Chickamauga Lock

Fort Loudoun Dam ⓘ
surface form: Fort Loudoun Lock

Guntersville Dam ⓘ
surface form: Guntersville Lock

Kentucky Lock ⓘ
Nickajack Lock ⓘ
Watts Bar Dam ⓘ
surface form: Watts Bar Lock

Wheeler Lock ⓘ
Wilson Lock ⓘ
hasManagingAgency Tennessee Valley Authority ⓘ
historicalSignificance central to the Tennessee Valley Authority New Deal projects ⓘ
important in Native American trade and settlement patterns ⓘ
length approximately 1,049 kilometers ⓘ
approximately 652 miles ⓘ
locatedIn Alabama ⓘ
Tennessee ⓘ
surface form: Georgia

Kentucky ⓘ
Mississippi ⓘ
North Carolina ⓘ
Southern United States ⓘ
surface form: Southeastern United States

Tennessee ⓘ
majorTributary Clinch River ⓘ
Duck River ⓘ
Elk River ⓘ
Flint River (Alabama) ⓘ
Hiwassee River ⓘ
Little Tennessee River ⓘ
Paint Rock River ⓘ
mouth Ohio River ⓘ
mouthLocation Paducah, Kentucky, United States ⓘ
surface form: Paducah, Kentucky
notableFeature forms a large bend through northern Alabama ⓘ
partOf Mississippi River basin ⓘ
surface form: Mississippi River watershed
passesThrough Appalachian region ⓘ
Appalachian Plateau ⓘ
surface form: Cumberland Plateau

Gulf Coastal Plain ⓘ
Highland Rim ⓘ
region Tennessee Valley ⓘ
source French Broad River ⓘ
Holston River ⓘ
sourceLocation Knoxville, Tennessee ⓘ
tributaryOf Ohio River ⓘ
usedFor flood control ⓘ
hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
navigation ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
water supply ⓘ

Referenced by (262)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tennessee Valley Authority → hasJurisdictionOver → Tennessee River ⓘ
Knoxville, Tennessee → locatedOnRiver → Tennessee River ⓘ
Southern United States → hasMajorRiver → Tennessee River ⓘ
Tennessee (eastern portion) → hasRiver → Tennessee River ⓘ
Knox County, Tennessee → hasMajorRiver → Tennessee River ⓘ
Paducah, Kentucky, United States → locatedOnRiver → Tennessee River ⓘ
subject surface form: Paducah, Kentucky
Paducah, Kentucky, United States → locatedAtConfluenceOf → Tennessee River ⓘ
subject surface form: Paducah, Kentucky
Knoxville Civic Auditorium and Coliseum → near → Tennessee River ⓘ
Knoxville metropolitan area → majorRiver → Tennessee River ⓘ
Tennessee Valley → namedAfter → Tennessee River ⓘ
Tennessee Valley → drainageBasinOf → Tennessee River ⓘ
Tennessee Valley → partOf → Tennessee River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tennessee River watershed
Tennessee Valley → hasRiver → Tennessee River ⓘ
Tennessee → bordersRiver → Tennessee River ⓘ
Alabama → hasMajorRiver → Tennessee River ⓘ
Kentucky → hasMajorRiver → Tennessee River ⓘ
Thompson–Boling Arena → near → Tennessee River ⓘ
Battle of Shiloh → near → Tennessee River ⓘ
Valley and Ridge Province → drainedBy → Tennessee River ⓘ
Melton Hill Lake → partOf → Tennessee River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tennessee River watershed
Roane County, Tennessee → locatedOn → Tennessee River ⓘ
Ohio River → majorTributary → Tennessee River ⓘ
Dayton, Tennessee → locatedNear → Tennessee River ⓘ
Chattanooga → locatedOnRiver → Tennessee River ⓘ
Cumberland Mountains → drainage → Tennessee River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tennessee River basin
Mississippi River basin → hasPart → Tennessee River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tennessee River basin
Loudon County, Tennessee → locatedAlong → Tennessee River ⓘ
Loudon County, Tennessee → hasRiver → Tennessee River ⓘ
Interior Low Plateaus physiographic region → drainage → Tennessee River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tennessee River basin
Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame → near → Tennessee River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tennessee River in Knoxville
Downtown Knoxville → borders → Tennessee River ⓘ
Southeastern Woodlands → majorRiver → Tennessee River ⓘ
Appalachian Valley → crossedBy → Tennessee River ⓘ
Clinch River → tributaryOf → Tennessee River ⓘ
Clinch River → mouthLocation → Tennessee River ⓘ
Clinch River → riverSystem → Tennessee River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tennessee River system
Lenoir City → locatedOn → Tennessee River ⓘ
Marshall County, Kentucky, United States → locatedNear → Tennessee River ⓘ
subject surface form: Marshall County, Kentucky
McCracken County, Kentucky → borderedByRiver → Tennessee River ⓘ
Blue Ridge Mountains → majorRiverSource → Tennessee River ⓘ
East South Central States → containsMajorRiver → Tennessee River ⓘ
Melton Hill Dam → connectedWaterway → Tennessee River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tennessee River via Clinch River
Watts Bar Dam → locatedOnRiver → Tennessee River ⓘ
Watts Bar Dam → reservoirRiver → Tennessee River ⓘ
Watts Bar Dam → watercourse → Tennessee River ⓘ
Paint Rock River → tributaryOf → Tennessee River ⓘ
Paint Rock River → mouthRiver → Tennessee River ⓘ
Flint River (Alabama) → mouth → Tennessee River ⓘ
Flint River (Alabama) → partOf → Tennessee River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tennessee River watershed
Flint River (Alabama) → flowsInto → Tennessee River ⓘ