Little Tennessee River

1. a river in NE Georgia, SW North Carolina, and E Tennessee, flowing NW to the Tennessee River. 135 miles (217 km) long.

Example Sentences

At the time, it was only known to exist in the Little Tennessee River — which the Tennessee Valley Authority was planning to dam.

From Seattle Times

At the time, it had just been discovered and was only known to exist in one stretch of the Little Tennessee River — which the Tennessee Valley Authority was planning to dam.

From Seattle Times

The snail darter was listed under the federal Endangered Species Act, which led conservationists to sue to block the building of the Tellico Dam in what was at that time its only known natural habitat, the Little Tennessee River, in 1975.

From Washington Times

The fish held up construction of the Tellico Dam in Tennessee for more than two years as biologists and others fought to protect its only known habitat, the free-flowing Little Tennessee River.

From Seattle Times

The construction of the Tellico Dam on the Little Tennessee River — which halted the free flow of water needed by the snail darter and displaced hundreds of nearby farmers from their land — proved to be an early test for the law’s reach.

From Washington Post