Wolf River (Middle Tennessee)
| Wolf River | |
|---|---|
 The Wolf River near Pall Mall, Tennessee | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Confluence of Pogue Creek and Delk Creek near Pall Mall, Tennessee |
Dale Hollow Lake) in northeast Clay County, Tennessee | |
• coordinates | 36°36′55″N 85°17′53″W / 36.6153411°N 85.2980174°W |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Byrdstown |
| • average | 186 cu ft/s (5.3 m3/s)[1] |
The Wolf River is a 40.3-mile-long (64.9 km)[2] river in the U.S. states of Tennessee and Kentucky[3] that rises at the base of the Cumberland Plateau in Fentress County, Tennessee and flows westward for several miles before emptying into the Obey River at the Dale Hollow Reservoir. The river is part of the Cumberland River drainage basin, and flows primarily in Middle Tennessee and southern Kentucky. Via the Cumberland and Ohio rivers, it is part of the Mississippi River watershed. It is not to be confused with the Wolf River of West Tennessee which flows into the Mississippi at Memphis.
The source of the Wolf River is located at the confluence of Pogue Creek and Delk Creek in a rugged hollow approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) southeast of the community of
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, accessed June 8, 2011
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wolf River (Middle Tennessee)