Cheoah River facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Cheoah River
Cheoah River in Tapoco, North Carolina
Other name(s)	Tributary to Little Tennessee River
Country	United States
State	North Carolina
County	Graham Swain
Physical characteristics
Main source	Confluence of Sweetwater and Tulula Creeks Robbinsville, North Carolina 1,993 ft (607 m) 35°19′38.3196″N 83°48′7.635″W / 35.327311000°N 83.80212083°W / 35.327311000; -83.80212083
River mouth	Little Tennessee River 1,106 ft (337 m) 35°26′55.307″N 83°56′22.65″W / 35.44869639°N 83.9396250°W / 35.44869639; -83.9396250
Length	18.16 mi (29.23 km)
Basin features
Progression	northwest
River system	Little Tennessee → Tennessee → Ohio → Mississippi
Basin size	215.14 square miles (557.2 km2)
Tributaries	Left: Tulula Creek Long Creek Stillhouse Hollow Massey Branch Snowbird Creek West Buffalo Creek Charikus Branch Farley Cove Santeetlah Creek Gold Mine Branch Rock Creek Laurel Branch Persimmon Tree Branch Falls Branch Deep Creek Frisby Branch Barker Creek Bear Creek Otter Rock Branch Yellowhammer Branch Right: Sweetwater Creek Mountain Creek Ground Squirrel Branch East Buffalo Creek Gladdens Creek Cochran Creek Cochran Creek Yellow Creek Puncheon Camp Branch Halfmile Branch Meadow Branch
Waterbodies	Santeetlah Lake

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.

Variant names

According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:

• Cheowa River
• Cheowah River