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Dams and Reservoirs of the Tennessee River
The Tennessee Valley Authority operates the Tennessee River system to provide a wide range of public benefits: year-round navigation, flood damage reduction, affordable electricity, improved water quality and water supply, recreation, and economic growth.
The TVA established the stairway of nine dams and locks that turned the Tennessee River into a 652-mile-long river highway. Some of its dams, lakes and reservoirs include:
- Fort Loudon Dam impounds Lake Loudon
- Watts Bar Dam impounds Watts Bar Lake
- Chickamauga
- Nickajack
- Guntersville Dam impounds Lake Guntersville
- Wheeler Dam impounds Wheeler Lake
- Wilson Dam impounds Wilson Lake
- Pickwick
- Kentucky
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