Ocoee River Basin News Today

View Comments North Carolina’s westernmost river basin remains relatively unspoiled. A lot of people are working to keep it that way. The Hiwassee River rises in north Georgia and cuts across North Carolina on its way to joining the Tennessee River near Dayton, Tenn. Its drainage includes all of Clay County and almost all of Cherokee County, except for a western tip that is in the Ocoee River Basin of Tennessee. Its principal tributaries are the Valley River, which rises in the Snowbird Mount...

MCGOUN: Water quality for 147-mile Hiwassee River remains unspoiled Jewell Walston, Asheville Citizen Times © Courtesy photo Bill McGoun North Carolina’s westernmost river basin remains relatively unspoiled. A lot of people are working to keep it that way. The Hiwassee River rises in north Georgia and cuts across North Carolina on its way to joining the Tennessee River near Dayton, Tenn. Its drainage includes all of Clay County and almost all of Cherokee County, except for ...