Sequatchie River
| Sequatchie River | |
|---|---|
A stream gage along the Sequatchie River near Whitwell, Tennessee | |
The Sequatchie drainage basin | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Tennessee |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Brady Mountain in Cumberland County, Tennessee |
| • coordinates | 35°49′17″N 84°58′40″W / 35.82139°N 84.97778°W |
| • elevation | 2,460 ft (750 m) |
| Mouth | Tennessee River near Jasper, Tennessee |
• coordinates | 35°01′31″N 85°38′07″W / 35.02528°N 85.63528°W |
• elevation | 597 ft (182 m) |
| Length | 116 mi (187 km) |
| Basin size | 602 sq mi (1,560 km2) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Whitwell, Tennessee, 25.1 miles (40.4 km) above the mouth(mean for water years 1920-1983) |
| • average | 745 cu ft/s (21.1 m3/s)(mean for water years 1920-1983) |
| • minimum | 16 cu ft/s (0.45 m3/s) September 1925 |
| • maximum | 32,500 cu ft/s (920 m3/s) March 1973 |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • right | Little Sequatchie River |
The Sequatchie River is a 116-mile-long (187 km) waterway that drains the Sequatchie Valley, a large valley in the Cumberland Plateau in Tennessee. It empties into the Tennessee River downstream from Chattanooga near the Tennessee-Alabama state line.