Whitewater River
The Whitewater River is a 14.6-mile-long river that flows south from headwaters in Transylvania County, North Carolina, over Upper Whitewater Falls and Lower Whitewater Falls before crossing into South Carolina and entering Lake Jocassee, the reservoir behind Lake Jocassee Dam.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Jocassee Dam.
Jocassee Dam
Dam
Jocassee Dam is an embankment dam on the Keowee River, straddling the border of Pickens and Oconee counties in South Carolina in the United States. The dam forms Lake Jocassee, which is fed by the Toxaway, Thompson, Horsepasture and Whitewater Rivers, and serves primarily for hydroelectric power generation and flood control.
Whitewater River
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in North and South Carolina, USA
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Oconee, South Carolina, South, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Welsh—“Whitewater River” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Whitewater”
- Cebuano: “Whitewater River”
- Dutch: “Whitewater River”
- Irish: “Abhainn Whitewater”
- Venetian: “Whitewater”
- Welsh: “Afon Whitewater”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Toxaway River and Lake Jocassee.
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