Watauga River
The Watauga River is a large stream of western North Carolina and East Tennessee. It is 78.5 miles long with its headwaters in Linville Gap to the South Fork Holston River at Boone Lake.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Ken Thomas, Public domain.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in North Carolina and Tennessee, United States
- Also known as: “Wataga River”, “Watagi River”, “Wataughega River”, “Wathaga River”, “Watoga River”, “Watogo Fiume”, “Watogo River”, “Wattaggee River”, “Wattawba River”, “Wattogee River”, “Wattoogee River”, and “Whatoga River”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Boone Dam.
Boone Dam
Dam
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Boone Dam is a hydroelectric and flood control dam on the South Fork Holston River on the border between Sullivan County and Washington County in the U.S. state of Tennessee.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Boring and Spurgeon.
Boring
Hamlet
Boring is an unincorporated community in Sullivan County, Tennessee. Boring is located off Tennessee State Route 75 in Southern Sullivan County, southeast of Kingsport.
Spurgeon
Village
Spurgeon is a census-designated place in Sullivan and Washington counties in the U.S. state of Tennessee. The population was 3,957 at the 2010 census. The Washington County portion of Spurgeon is part of the Johnson City Metropolitan Statistical Area, while the Sullivan County portion is part of the Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA Metropolitan Statistical Area. Spurgeon is situated 2 miles west of Watauga River.
Oak Grove
Village
Oak Grove is a census-designated place in Washington County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 4,425 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Johnson City Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is a component of the Johnson City–Kingsport–Bristol, TN-VA Combined Statistical Area – commonly known as the "Tri-Cities" region. Oak Grove is situated 2½ miles south of Watauga River.
Watauga River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Washington, Tennessee, South, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Watauga River” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نهر واتوغا”
- Asturian: “Ríu Watauga”
- Basque: “Watauga ibaia”
- Catalan: “Watauga”
- Cebuano: “Watauga River”
- Chinese: “沃托加河”
- Dutch: “Watauga River”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر واتوجا”
- Esperanto: “Watauga”
- French: “Watauga”
- German: “Watauga River”
- Irish: “Abhainn Watauga”
- Italian: “Watauga”
- Japanese: “ワタウガ川”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Watauga River”
- Polish: “Watauga River”
- Portuguese: “Watauga”
- Slovenian: “reka Watauga”
- Slovenian: “Watauga River”
- Slovenian: “Watauga”
- Spanish: “Río Watauga”
- Ukrainian: “Ватауґа”
- Venetian: “Watauga”
- Welsh: “Afon Watauga”
- “Watauga”
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