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Cumberland River Basin

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Cumberland River Basin Lake Barkley Cheatham Lake Old Hickory Lake Cordell Hull Red Barron South Fork Cumberland Caney Fork Collins Stones Harpeth Clear Fork Obey Powell Upper Clinch North Fork Holston Holston South Fork Holston Watauga Nolichucky Upper French Broad Pigeon Lower French Broad Lower Clinch Fort Loudoun Little Tennessee Sequatchie Lower Tennessee Ocoee Hiwassee Watts Bar Lake Emory


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Cumberland River Basin


The 688-mile long Cumberland River starts in eastern Kentucky on the Cumberland Plateau, flows through southeastern Kentucky and crosses into Tennessee at Clay County, and then curves back up into western Kentucky before draining into the Ohio River, a tributary to the Mississippi River.


The Cumberland River Basin drains 18,000 square miles of land that is home to almost 2 million people.


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