Cheoah River
Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
The Cheoah River is a tributary of the Little Tennessee River in North Carolina in the United States.
It is located in Graham County in far western North Carolina, near Robbinsville, and is approximately 20 miles in length. Its headwaters are in the Appalachian Mountains where it flows northwest near Robbinsville, to the Lake Santeetlah and flows towards the Tennessee border with a terminus at the Little Tennessee between the Cheoah Dam and Lake Calderwood.
Etymology
The name Cheoah is derived from the Cherokee Native American word for "otter."[1] According to the Geographic Names Information System, the river has also been known historically as:[2]
- Cheowa River
- Cheowah River
References
<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Script error: No such module "Template wrapper".
Template:GrahamCountyNC-geo-stub
Template:NorthCarolina-river-stub