Watauga Dam
Watauga Dam is a hydroelectric and flood control dam on the Watauga River in Carter County, in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is owned and operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority, which built the dam in the 1940s as part of efforts to control flooding in the Tennessee River watershed.
- Dam
- …lies at an elevation of 1,959 feet (597 metres)
- Description: dam in Carter County, Tennessee, United States of America
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Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fish Springs and Hampton.
Fish Springs
Hamlet
Fish Springs is an unincorporated community in Carter County, Tennessee.
3½ miles east of Watauga Dam
Watauga Dam
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Latitude
36.32332° or 36° 19′ 24″ north
Longitude
-82.12242° or 82° 7′ 21″ west
Open location code
868V8VFH+82
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
waterway = dam
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Watauga Dam” goes by many names.
Watauga DamCebuano
سد واتوجاEgyptian Arabic
diga di WataugaItalian
ワタウガ・ダムJapanese
ГЕС ВотогаUkrainian
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