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Watershed Management

Lower Tennessee River Basin

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Kentucky LakeLower Duck Lower Tennessee (Beech)Buffalo Pickwick Lake Wheeler Lower ElkUpper Elk Upper Duck Guntersville


Click on Watershed Name above (in bold red) to view specific Watershed Management Plan.


Click here to view a printable map of the Lower Tennessee River Basin.


The Tennessee River rolls along almost 650 miles, passing through three states and draining parts of four others, before eventually emptying into the Ohio River at Paducah, Kentucky. The Lower Tennessee River Basin includes roughly 160 river miles in Tennessee, from where the river reenters Tennessee from northern Alabama at Pickwick Landing, to where it crosses into Kentucky at Land Between the Lakes.


TDEC Helpful Links

Tennessee State Parks
Watershed Management Plans
Water Pollution Control
Water Supply
Watershed Signs

Partner Helpful Links

TN Department of Agriculture
TN Department of Transportation
TN Wildlife Resources Agency
TVA
US Army Corps of Engineers – Memphis District
US Army Corps of Engineers – Nashville District
US Environmental Protection Agency
US EPA Surf Your Watershed
US Fish and Wildlife Service
US Geological Survey
WaterWorks!