Watauga River

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river

The Watauga River is a mountain river in northeastern Tennessee and western North Carolina known for its scenic beauty, reservoirs, and popular trout fishing and whitewater recreation.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Watauga River canonical 7
Watauga 1
Watauga River (segment) 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
crossesBorderBetween Tennessee and North Carolina ⓘ
flowsThrough Carter County, Tennessee NERFINISHED ⓘ
Johnson County, Tennessee NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sullivan County, Tennessee NERFINISHED ⓘ
Watauga County, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAlternateName Watauga River ⓘ
surface form: Watauga
hasBridge Elizabethton Covered Bridge ⓘ
hasCityOnRiver Elizabethton, Tennessee ⓘ
Watauga, Tennessee ⓘ
hasEtymology name derived from a Native American language ⓘ
hasFishSpecies brook trout ⓘ
brown trout ⓘ
rainbow trout ⓘ
hasNearbyCity Boone, North Carolina ⓘ
Johnson City ⓘ
surface form: Johnson City, Tennessee
hasProtectedArea Cherokee National Forest ⓘ
surface form: Cherokee National Forest (along portions of river)
hasRecreationActivity canoeing ⓘ
kayaking ⓘ
rafting ⓘ
hasReservoir Watauga Lake ⓘ
Wilbur Lake NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasWhitewaterSection section below Wilbur Dam ⓘ
impoundedBy Watauga Dam ⓘ
Wilbur Dam ⓘ
knownFor scenic beauty ⓘ
trout fishing ⓘ
whitewater recreation ⓘ
locatedIn North Carolina ⓘ
Tennessee ⓘ
locatedInMountainRange Appalachian Mountains ⓘ
Blue Ridge Mountains ⓘ
locatedInRegion Upper East Tennessee ⓘ
surface form: northeastern Tennessee

western North Carolina ⓘ
managedBy Tennessee Valley Authority ⓘ
mouthLocation near Boone Lake, Tennessee ⓘ
partOf Mississippi River basin ⓘ
Tennessee River ⓘ
surface form: Tennessee River watershed
sourceLocation Watauga County, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ
near Blowing Rock, North Carolina ⓘ
tributaryOf Holston River ⓘ
South Fork Holston River ⓘ
usedFor flood control ⓘ
hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
water supply ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

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

Tri-Cities, Tennessee-Virginia → geographicalFeature → Watauga River ⓘ
Cherokee National Forest → crossedByRiver → Watauga River ⓘ
Watauga, Texas → namedFor → Watauga River ⓘ
Carter County, Tennessee → contains → Watauga River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Watauga River (segment)
Unaka Mountains → drainage → Watauga River ⓘ
Watauga Lake → inflow → Watauga River ⓘ
Watauga Lake → outflow → Watauga River ⓘ
Watauga Lake → isReservoirOn → Watauga River ⓘ
Northwestern North Carolina → contains → Watauga River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Watauga River headwaters
Watauga River → hasAlternateName → Watauga River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Watauga