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Tennessee River facts for kids
The Tennessee River is a tributary, or a river that flows into, the Ohio River. Its path makes a crescent. It starts in eastern Tennessee before entering Alabama. After entering Alabama it goes north and for a few miles, forms the boundary between Alabama and Mississippi. Then it flows through Tennessee and Kentucky, where it joins with the Ohio River at the city of Paducah. The watershed for the Tennessee River includes parts of the states of Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi.
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The Market Street Bridge, spanning the Tennessee River in Chattanooga.
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The "Steamboat Bill" Hudson Memorial Bridge in Decatur, Alabama.
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Natchez Trace Parkway, crossing the Tennessee River in Cherokee, Alabama
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Forks-of-the-River in East Knoxville: the French Broad (left) joins the Holston (right) to form the Tennessee (center)