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Coordinates: 36°1845N 81°5929W / 36.31250°N 81.99139°W / 36.31250; -81.99139
 

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Elk River
Elk River in North Carolina
Elk River (North Carolina–Tennessee) is located in Tennessee
Elk River (North Carolina–Tennessee)

Location of the mouth of Elk River in Tennessee

Location
CountryUnited States
StatesNorth Carolina, Tennessee
CountiesAvery NC, Carter TN
Physical characteristics
SourceHanging Rock Gap[2]
 • locationSugar Mountain, North Carolina
 • coordinates36°08′15N 81°49′59W / 36.13750°N 81.83306°W / 36.13750; -81.83306[1]
 • elevation4,389 ft (1,338 m)
MouthWatauga River

 • location

Fish Springs, Tennessee

 • coordinates

36°18′45N 81°59′29W / 36.31250°N 81.99139°W / 36.31250; -81.99139[1]

 • elevation

1,952 ft (595 m)[1]
Basin features
ProgressionElk → WataugaHolstonTennesseeOhioMississippiGulf of Mexico
River systemWatauga River
Tributaries 
 • leftFlattop Creek, Sugar Creek, Wildcat Creek, Leroy Creek, Ramp Branch, Curtis Creek, Cranberry Creek, Little Elk Creek, Jones Branch, Sugar Hollow Branch, Little Laural Branch, Heaton Branch
 • rightHanging Rock Creek, Shawneehaw Creek, Whitehead Creek, Horney Branch, Peavine Branch, Skalley Branch, Fall Creek, Nowhere Branch, Asher Branch
WaterfallsElk River Falls

The Elk River is a large stream in the North Carolina High Country and East Tennessee.[1] The headwaters begin from the Northwestern slopes of Peak MountaininAvery County, North Carolina and end at the Watauga RiverinCarter County, Tennessee.

Hydrography

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With the headwaters beginning from the Northwestern slopes of Peak Mountain, it flows west to Banner Elk then towards Elk Park. For most of the river's course, it runs in a deep gorge. Just before the Elk River crosses into Tennessee it flows over "Big Falls" (also called "Elk Falls"), a locally-known attraction which is approximately a 60-foot (18 m) drop. It then flows down a narrow, relatively steep valley to the tiny community of Elk Mills, which is named for a former water-powered mill built on this river at this point by early white settlers. Between the state line and Elk Mills, it flows over Twisting Falls, a drop of approximately 30 feet (nine m). At this point, it is bridged by U.S. Highway 321. Shortly below this point, its waters become slack as part of an embayment of Watauga Lake, a sizable reservoir of the Watauga Dam Project of the Tennessee Valley Authority. This project has flooded the actual site of the original confluence of the Elk and Watauga rivers.

The water eventually flows through the Watauga River, the Holston River, the Tennessee River, the Ohio River, and the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico.

For more information on waterfalls in the Elk River drainage, see Waterfalls of Tennessee by Gregory Plumb, ISBN 1-57072-057-6

See also

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References

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Tributaries of the Watauga River
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