Obey River
| Obey River | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Tennessee |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • elevation | 495 ft (151 m) |
| Mouth | |
• location | Cumberland River |
| Length | 47.8 mi (76.9 km) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Dale Hollow Dam |
| • average | 1,427 cu ft/s (40.4 m3/s)[1] |
The Obey River is a 47.8-mile-long (76.9 km)[2] tributary of the Cumberland River in the U.S. state of Tennessee.[3] It joins the Cumberland River near the town of Celina, which is generally considered to be the Cumberland's head of navigation. Via the Cumberland and Ohio rivers, the Obey River is part of the Mississippi River watershed.
Near its mouth, the Obey is impounded by the
embayments
.
Below the dam the stream makes two sharp bends before entering the Cumberland. The only major
State Route 53, is located just below the second of these, Peterman Bend
.
See also
References
- ^ "USGS Surface Water data for Tennessee: USGS Surface-Water Annual Statistics".
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed June 8, 2011
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Obey River