Little Tennessee River
The Little Tennessee River is a 135-mile tributary of the Tennessee River that flows through the Blue Ridge Mountains in the southeastern United States from Georgia, into North Carolina, and then into Tennessee.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in the United States of America
- Also known as: “reka LittleTennessee”, “Satico River”, “Tannassee River”, “Tenesee River”, “Tennassee River”, “Tennessee River”, and “Малая Теннесси”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Tellico Dam and Lenoir Cotton Mill.
Lenoir Cotton Mill
Ruins
Photo: Jack Boucher, Public domain.Fort Loudoun Dam
Dam
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lenoir City and Unitia.
Unitia
Hamlet
Unitia is an Unincorporated community of Loudon County, Tennessee. Unitia is situated 5 miles southeast of Little Tennessee River.
Shady Grove
Hamlet
Shady Grove is an unincorporated community in Knox County, Tennessee, United States. Shady Grove is situated 5 miles northeast of Little Tennessee River.
Little Tennessee River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Loudon, Tennessee, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
35.78258° or 35° 46′ 57″ north
Longitude
-84.25797° or 84° 15′ 29″ west
Elevation
741 feet (226 metres)
Open location code
867QQPMR+2R
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Little Tennessee River” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Little Tennessee”
- Basque: “Little Tennessee ibaia”
- Catalan: “Little Tennessee”
- Cebuano: “Little Tennessee River”
- Chinese: “小田纳西河”
- Chuvash: “Литл-Теннесси”
- Danish: “Little Tennessee River”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر ليتل تينيسى”
- French: “Little Tennessee”
- German: “Little Tennessee River”
- Irish: “Abhainn Little Tennessee”
- Lithuanian: “Mažasis Tenesis”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Little Tennessee River”
- Russian: “Литл-Теннесси”
- Slovenian: “Little Tennessee”
- Ukrainian: “Літтл-Теннессі”
- Venetian: “Little Tennessee”
- Welsh: “Afon Little Tennessee”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Bucktown and Busselltown.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Lenoirs Shoals and Bussell Island.
Tennessee: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Nashville and Memphis.
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