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Note: There is also a Chattooga River in Chattooga County, Georgia and Cherokee County, Alabama. The Chattooga River runs through Alabama and Georgia which are part of the United States. ...
Chattooga County is a county located in the state of Georgia. ...
Cherokee County, Alabama is a county of the State of Alabama. ...
Chattooga River near Dick's Creek Falls The Chattooga River (also spelled Chatooga, Chatuga, and Chautaga, variant name Guinekelokee River) is the main tributary of the Tugaloo River. Its headwaters are located southwest of Cashiers, North Carolina, and it stretches 57 miles or 92km to where it flows through Lake Tugalo and the Tugaloo Dam, then has its confluence with the Tugaloo within Lake Yonah, held back by Yonah Dam. It begins in southern Jackson County, North Carolina, then flows southwestward between northwestern Oconee County, South Carolina and eastern Rabun County, Georgia. The "Chattooga" spelling was approved by the BGN in 1897. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
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The Tugaloo River (originally Tugalo River) is a short river bordering Georgia and South Carolina. ...
The headwaters of a river are small streams that create it. ...
Cashiers is a census-designated place and unincorporated village located in southern Jackson County, North Carolina. ...
Lake Tugalo is a 597-acre man made lake with 18 miles of shoreline located in the northeastern Georgia in Habersham and Rabun counties, but also lies partially in Oconee County, South Carolina. ...
Confluence of Rhine and Mosel at Koblenz In geography, a confluence describes the point where two rivers meet and become one, usually when a tributary joins a more major river. ...
Jackson County is a county located in the southwest of the U.S. state of North Carolina. ...
Oconee County is a county located in the state of South Carolina. ...
Rabun County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. ...
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1897 (MDCCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...
The river was used as a setting for the fictional "Cahulawassee River" in the film Deliverance. This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...
There is also a former mine named the Chattooga River Prospect. Chuquicamata, the largest open pit copper mine in the world, Chile. ...
Geographic Significance
The Chattooga River serves as the boundary between Georgia and South Carolina after leaving North Carolina at latitude 35°N. Self-illuminating Border flower pot between Burghausen, Salzach(river) in Germany and Ach in Austria. ...
Official language(s) English Capital Charleston(1670-1789) Columbia(1790-present) Largest city Columbia Largest metro area Columbia Area Ranked 40th - Total 34,726 sq mi (82,965 km²) - Width 200 miles (320 km) - Length 260 miles (420 km) - % water 6 - Latitude 32°430N to 35°12N...
Official language(s) English Capital Raleigh Largest city Charlotte Area Ranked 28th - Total 53,865 sq mi (139,509 km²) - Width 150 miles (240 km) - Length 560[1] miles (901 km) - % water 9. ...
Latitude,usually denoted symbolically by the Greek letter phi, , gives the location of a place on Earth north or south of the equator. ...
The Chattooga River was not the original boundary line between SC and GA. The treaty of 1816 extended the South Carolina frontier to its current boundary. Prior to 1816 the Chattooga was part of the Cherokee Nation.
Wild and Scenic River The Chattooga River is protected along a 15,432-acre corridor as a national Wild and Scenic River. 39.8 miles of the river have been designated “wild”, 2.5 miles “scenic,” and 14.6 miles “recreational” for a total of 56.9 miles. The Chattooga also bisects the Ellicott Rock Wilderness which straddles three states (Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina) and three National Forests (the Chattahoochee, Nantahala and Sumter National Forests. Much of the Georgia portion of the river is within the Tallulah Ranger District of the Chattahoochee National Forest. National Wild and Scenic River is a designation for certain protected areas in the United States. ...
The Ellicott Rock Wilderness was designated in 1975 and currently consists of 8,274 acres (33 km²) surrounding the point at which Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina come together. ...
The Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest in northern Georgia is actually two U.S. National Forests, Oconee National Forest and Chattahoochee National Forest, linked together. ...
Cullasaja Falls, Nantahala National Forest. ...
The Sumter National Forest is one of two forests in South Carolina that are managed together by the United States Forestry Service, the other being the Francis Marion National Forest. ...
Map showing the ranger districts of the Chattahoochee National Forest The Tallulah Ranger District is one of the five ranger districts of the Chattahoochee National Forest. ...
Tributaries The river is split into three forks. The North Fork Chattooga River is the main fork, running along the state line, and is officially called just "Chattooga River". The East Fork Chattooga River (sometimes East Prong Chattooga River) runs in from Jackson County, North Carolina and then Oconee County, South Carolina, and is 7 miles or 11km long. The West Fork Chattooga River (variant name Gumekoloke Creek) runs in from Rabun County, Georgia, and is also a variant name for that county's Holcomb Creek, one of its own tributaries.
One of the largest tributaries in the Chattooga basin that flows mainly through private lands is Stekoa Creek. Stekoa Creek flows primarily southeast for approximately 16 miles from its headwaters in Mountain City, Georgia, through Clayton, Georgia, to its mouth at the Chattooga River. The Stekoa Creek Basin is approximately 45 square miles in size. Mountain City is a town located in Rabun County, Georgia. ...
Clayton is a city located in Rabun County, Georgia. ...
There are also other small tributaries. A tributary (or affluent or confluent) is a contributory stream, a river that does not reach the sea, but joins another major river (a parent river), to which it contributes its waters, swelling its discharge. ...
Rafting
Whitewater rafting on the Chattooga River The Chattooga is one of the very few commercially-rafted class V rivers in the Southeast. In the spring, the river is lined with blooming pink and white mountain laurel. Spring is also a great time to go rafting, kayaking, or canoeing on the Chattooga for the higher spring waters. The Chattooga is a free-flowing river (no upstream dam to control the flow) which quickly responds to rainfall or drought conditions. As a drop-pool style river, rapids are followed by calm pools. In the summertime, the water is even warm enough to take a swim in one of these pools. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
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A rapid is a section of a river where it loses elevation over a relatively short distance (that is, the stream gradient is locally steepened), causing an increase in water flow and (usually) turbulence. ...
The term bloom can refer to the following things: Bloom (novel) is a science fiction novel by Wil McCarthy. ...
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Fields outside Benambra, Victoria suffering from drought conditions A drought is an extended period of months or years when a region notes a deficiency in its water supply. ...
The Chattooga is separated into several sections with Section 0 starting out near Cashiers. Section III has Class II-IV rapids which rafters and kayakers frequent. Lush rhododendron line the banks. The minimum age requirement to raft this section is 10 years old. Section IV has long been regarded as one of the most challenging rivers to raft or kayak. This section includes Class III-IV+ rapids, including the famous Five Falls. The minimum age requirement to raft Section IV is 13. One famous waterfall is the Bull Sluice, featured in the film Deliverance. The Bull Sluice is a small (category 5) waterfall on the Chattooga River, on the border between the states of Georgia and South Carolina in the United States. ...
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After Wild & scenic designation in 1976, the United States Forest Service restricted boating above Highway 28 without study or public input. Motorized boating, which rarely , if ever, occurred, was eliminated from the entire river and all floating was eliminated from the uppermost 21 miles to protect other pursuits, primarily angling. No scientific basis for the closure has ever been presented. Logo of the U.S. Forest Service. ...
Two paddling access organizations are challenging the USFS unsupported restrictions on the uppermost section and are demanding equal access for all wilderness compliant uses from the USFS.
Sources "A Guide to the Chattooga River", Butch Clay, 1995, Chattooga River Publishing
External links - The Wild and Scenic Chattooga River
- American Whitewater Chatooga Project
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