| Falling Water River | |
|---|---|
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| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Tennessee |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Welch Hollow near Monterey |
| • coordinates | 36°08′48″N 85°16′45″W / 36.14667°N 85.27917°W[1] |
| • elevation | 1,640 ft (500 m)[2] |
| Mouth | Center Hill Lake (Caney Fork) northeast of Smithville |
• coordinates | 36°01′01″N 85°41′31″W / 36.01694°N 85.69194°W[1] |
• elevation | 646 ft (197 m)[1] |
| Length | 46.8 mi (75.3 km)[3] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Cookeville |
| • average | 122 cu ft/s (3.5 m3/s)[4] |
The Falling Water River is a 46.8-mile-long (75.3 km)[3] stream in the east-central portion of Middle Tennessee in the United States. It rises just west of Monterey at the edge of the Cumberland Plateau, and traverses the Eastern Highland Rim before dropping off to the Nashville Basin and emptying into Center Hill Lake along the Caney Fork. The river is noted for the 136-foot (41 m) Burgess Falls, which it spills over near the end of its course.
- ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Falling Water River
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. Monterey, TN. 1:24,000.
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed June 8, 2011
- ^ "USGS Surface Water data for Tennessee: USGS Surface-Water Annual Statistics".