| Whitewater River Tributary to Keowee River | |
|---|---|
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| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | North Carolina South Carolina |
| County | Oconee (SC) Jackson (NC) Transylvania (NC) |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | divide between Whitewater River andChattooga River |
| • location | about 0.5 miles south of Chimneytop Mountain |
| • coordinates | 35°05′29″N083°03′54″W / 35.09139°N 83.06500°W /35.09139; -83.06500[1] |
| • elevation | 3,550 ft (1,080 m)[2] |
| Mouth | Keowee River |
• location | Lake Jocassee |
• coordinates | 34°58′35″N082°56′03″W / 34.97639°N 82.93417°W /34.97639; -82.93417[1] |
• elevation | 1,108 ft (338 m)[2] |
| Length | 12.08 mi (19.44 km)[3] |
| Basin size | 16.97 square miles (44.0 km2)[4] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Keowee River (Lake Jocassee) |
| • average | 75.70 cu ft/s (2.144 m3/s) at mouth with Keowee River[4] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | northwest |
| River system | Keowee River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Silver Run Happy Hollow Democrat Creek Waddle Branch Corbin Creek |
| • right | Little Whitewater River |
| Waterbodies | Lake Jocassee |
| Bridges | NC 107 (x2), Whitewater Road |
TheWhitewater River is a 14.6-mile-long (23.5 km) river that flows south from headwaters inTransylvania County, North Carolina, overUpper Whitewater Falls andLower Whitewater Falls before crossing intoSouth Carolina and enteringLake Jocassee, the reservoir behind Lake Jocassee Dam.
In Lake Jocassee the Whitewater River is joined by theToxaway River to form theKeowee River. The confluence is submerged beneath the waters of Lake Jocassee. Via the Keowee andSeneca rivers, the Whitewater River is part of theSavannah River watershed.
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