Cartecay River
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| Cartecay River | |
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| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Roston Creek |
| • location | White Path, Georgia |
| • coordinates | 34°43′44″N 84°20′49″W / 34.729°N 84.347°W |
| • elevation | 3,079 ft (938 m) |
| Mouth | Coosawattee River |
• location | Ellijay, Georgia |
• coordinates | 34°41′29″N 84°29′01″W / 34.6914744°N 84.4835388°W[1] |
• elevation | 575 ft (175 m)[2] |
| Length | 19.1 mi (30.7 km) |
| Basin size | 135 sq mi (350 km2) |
The Cartecay River is a 19.1-mile-long (30.7 km)[2] river that runs into Ellijay, Georgia, in Gilmer County. It is the site of a class II whitewater run.
The Cartecay and Ellijay rivers meet in Ellijay to form the Coosawattee River. The Cartecay and most of its watershed are located within the southeast corner of Gilmer County, Georgia, but there are small sections of the watershed in Fannin, Pickens, and Dawson counties.
Much of the river runs east to west and is bordered by
Chattahoochee National Forest
.
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Coosawattee River
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed April 27, 2011
34°41′29.3″N 84°29′0.8″W / 34.691472°N 84.483556°W