Toxaway River facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Toxaway River
Show map of South Carolina Show map of the United States Location of Toxaway River mouth
Other name(s)	Tributary to Keowee River
Country	United States
State	North Carolina South Carolina
Counties	Transylvania (NC) Oconee (SC) Pickens (SC)
Physical characteristics
Main source	divide between Toxaway River and Greenland Creek about 0.5 miles southeast of Cold Mountain Gap 4,000 ft (1,200 m) 35°09′03″N 082°59′21″W / 35.15083°N 82.98917°W / 35.15083; -82.98917
River mouth	Keowee River (Lake Jocassee) Lake Jocassee 1,108 ft (338 m) 34°58′36″N 082°56′05″W / 34.97667°N 82.93472°W / 34.97667; -82.93472
Length	21.31 mi (34.30 km)
Basin features
Progression	generally south
River system	Savannah River
Basin size	146.73 square miles (380.0 km2)
Tributaries	Left: Indian Creek Panther Branch Auger Fork Toxaway Creek Rock Creek Laurel Fork Creek Devils Hole Creek Right: Mill Creek Deep Ford Creek Bear Meadow Creek Cobb Creek Horsepasture River
Waterfalls	Toxaway Falls
Bridges	Long Ridge Road, Cardinal Drive, Cold Mountain Road, NC 281

The Toxaway River is a 21.4-mile-long (34.4 km) waterway that flows south from headwaters in Transylvania County, North Carolina, into Lake Toxaway and over Toxaway Falls, after which it crosses into South Carolina and enters Lake Jocassee, the reservoir behind Lake Jocassee Dam.

In Lake Jocassee the Toxaway River is joined by the Whitewater River to form the Keowee River. The confluence is submerged beneath the waters of Lake Jocassee. Via the Keowee and Seneca rivers, the Toxaway River is part of the Savannah River watershed.

Variant names

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

• Jocassa River
• Jocassee River
• Keowee River