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Hiwassee Dam

Hiwassee Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the in , in the U.S. state of . It is one of three dams on the river owned and operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority, which built the dam in the late 1930s to bring flood control and electricity to the region.
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Hiwassee Dam

Latitude
35.15135° or 35° 9′ 5″ north
Longitude
-84.17749° or 84° 10′ 39″ west
Elevation
1,430 feet (436 metres)
Open location code
867Q5R2F+G2
Open­Street­Map ID
way 43858337
Open­Street­Map feature
waterway=­dam
Geo­Names ID
4471321
Wiki­data ID
Q5872864
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Hiwassee Dam” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Hiwassee Dam”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سد هيواسى”
  • Italian: “diga di Hiwassee”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Hiwassee Lake”
  • Norwegian: “Hiwassee Lake”
  • Ukrainian: “ГЕС-ГАЕС Hiwassee”

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