Tennessee River
The Tennessee River is a 652-mile-long river located in the southeastern United States. Flowing through the Tennessee Valley in the states of Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, and Kentucky, it begins at the confluence of French Broad and Holston rivers at Knoxville, and drains into the Ohio River near Paducah, Kentucky.
Photo: Dailynetworks, Public domain.- Type: Stream
- Description: river in the southeastern United States
- Also known as: “Acanseasipi River”, “Callamaco River”, “Cassatees River”, “Cherake River”, “Cherokee River”, “Cootcla River”, “Cussate River”, “Cussatees River”, “Fiume Callamaco”, “Fiume Cherakese”, “Fiume dei Cherakesi”, “Fiume Hogokegee”, “Fiume Hogokegee River”, “Hogehege River”, “Hogohegee Fiume”, “Hogohegee River”, “Hogshegee River”, “Hohoghee River”, “Hohoghgee River”, “Kallamuchee River”, “Kaskinampo River”, “reka Tennessee”, “Rio Tenesi”, “Rio Ténesi”, “Río Tenesi”, “Río Ténesi”, “River Des Charquis”, “River of the Cherakis”, “River of the Cherokees”, “Riviere de Cheraquis”, “Riviere des Caskinampo”, “Riviere des Casquinanbaux”, “Riviere des Cheraquis”, “Riviere des Cheroquis”, “Tanessee River”, “Tannassee River”, “Tenase River”, “Tenasee River”, “Tenasi River”, “Tenassee River”, “Tenesee River”, “Tennassee River”, “Tennesee River”, “Tennesie River”, “Tennessee rivier”, “Tennessee-floden”, “Tennissee River”, “Tenure River”, “Tinnase River”, “Река Тенеси”, “Теннеси”, “נהר הטנסי”, “נהר טנסי”, “رودخانهٔ تنسی”, and “ചെറോക്കി നദി”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church and National Quilt Museum.
St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church
Church
Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.National Quilt Museum
Museum
Photo: Road Travel America, Public domain.Grace Episcopal Church
Church
Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Paducah and Reidland.
Paducah
Reidland
Village
Reidland is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in McCracken County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 4,526 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Paducah, KY-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area. Reidland is situated 4 miles southeast of Tennessee River.
Tennessee River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Livingston, Kentucky, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.06728° or 37° 4′ 2″ north
Longitude
-88.56477° or 88° 33′ 53″ west
Elevation
302 feet (92 metres)
Open location code
869H3C8P+W3
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Wu Chinese—“Tennessee River” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Tennesseerivier”
- Arabic: “نهر تينيسي”
- Armenian: “Թենեսի գետ”
- Armenian: “Թենեսի”
- Asturian: “Ríu Tennessee”
- Basque: “Tennessee ibaia”
- Basque: “Tennessee”
- Bavarian: “Tennessee River”
- Belarusian: “Тэнесі (рака)”
- Belarusian: “Тэнесі”
- Bengali: “টেনেসি নদী”
- Bhojpuri: “टेनेसी नदी”
- Bulgarian: “Тенеси”
- Catalan: “riu Tennessee”
- Catalan: “Riu Tennessee”
- Cebuano: “Tennessee River”
- Central Bikol: “Salog Tennessee”
- Chinese: “田納西河”
- Chinese: “田纳西河”
- Chuvash: “Теннесси”
- Croatian: “Tennessee”
- Czech: “Tennessee”
- Danish: “Tennesseefloden”
- Dutch: “Tennessee”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر تينيسى”
- Esperanto: “Tenesio”
- Esperanto: “Tenesirivero”
- Estonian: “Tennessee jõgi”
- Faroese: “Tennesseeá”
- French: “Tennessee”
- Galician: “Río Tennessee”
- Georgian: “ტენესი (მდინარე)”
- Georgian: “ტენესი”
- German: “Tennessee River”
- Greek: “Ποταμός Τενεσί”
- Hebrew: “טנסי”
- Hungarian: “Tennessee”
- Irish: “Abhainn Tennessee”
- Italian: “Tennessee”
- Japanese: “テネシー川”
- Kannada: “ಟೆನಸೀ ನದಿ”
- Karachay-Balkar: “Теннесси (суу)”
- Karachay-Balkar: “Теннесси”
- Kirghiz: “Теннесси”
- Korean: “테네시강”
- Latin: “Tennesia (flumen)”
- Latin: “Tennesia”
- Latvian: “Tenesī”
- Lithuanian: “Tenesis”
- Malayalam: “ടെന്നസി നദി”
- Marathi: “टेनेसी नदी”
- Mingrelian: “ტენესი (წყარმალუ)”
- Mingrelian: “ტენესი”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Tennessee”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Tennessee-elva”
- Norwegian: “Tennessee”
- Ossetian: “Теннесси”
- Persian: “رود تنسی”
- Persian: “رودخانه تنسی”
- Polish: “Tennessee”
- Portuguese: “Rio Tennessee”
- Romanian: “Râul Tennessee”
- Russian: “Теннесси”
- Scots: “Tennessee River”
- Serbian: “Tenesi”
- Serbian: “Тенеси”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Tennessee”
- Slovak: “Tennessee”
- Slovenian: “Tennessee”
- South Azerbaijani: “تنسی چایی”
- Spanish: “Río Tennessee”
- Swahili: “Mto Tennessee”
- Swedish: “Tennesseefloden”
- Thai: “แม่น้ำเทนเนสซี”
- Turkish: “Tennessee Nehri”
- Ukrainian: “Теннессі”
- Urdu: “دریائے ٹینیسی”
- Uzbek: “Tennese daryosi”
- Uzbek: “Tennessi”
- Venetian: “Tennessee”
- Vietnamese: “sông Tennessee”
- Vietnamese: “Sông Tennessee”
- Waray (Philippines): “Salog Tennessee”
- Welsh: “Afon Tennessee”
- Western Frisian: “Tennessee”
- Wu Chinese: “田纳西河”
- “टेनेसी नदी”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Livingston Point and Cuba Towhead.
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