| Emory River | |
|---|---|
 The Emory River near Oakdale, Tennessee | |
 The Emory/Obed drainage basin | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Tennessee |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | below Fork Mountain, near Frozen Head State Park in Morgan County |
| • coordinates | 36°09′25″N 84°26′47″W / 36.15694°N 84.44639°W[1] |
| • elevation | 2,450 ft (750 m)[1] |
| Mouth | Clinch River at Kingston, Tennessee |
• coordinates | 35°53′15″N 84°29′29″W / 35.88750°N 84.49139°W[1] |
• elevation | 741 ft (226 m)[1] |
| Basin size | 872 sq mi (2,260 km2)[2] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Oakdale, Tennessee, 18.3 miles (29.5 km) above the mouth(mean for water years 1927-1983)[3] |
| • average | 1,466 cu ft/s (41.5 m3/s)(mean for water years 1927-1983)[3] |
| • minimum | 0 cu ft/s (0 m3/s) Several occasions in 1944, 1952, and 1953[3] |
| • maximum | 195,000 cu ft/s (5,500 m3/s) March 1929[3] |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Little Emory River |
| • right | Obed River |
| Designated | October 12, 1976 |
The Emory River is a river draining a portion of Tennessee's Cumberland Plateau. It flows for just over 46 miles (74 km) from its source near Frozen Head State Park to its mouth along the Clinch River at Kingston, Tennessee.
- ^ a b c d U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Emory River
- ^ "Emory River Watershed (06010208) of the Tennessee River Basin – Group 1, Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation website, 2002. Accessed: 5 June 2015.
- ^ a b c d United States Geological Survey, Water Resources Data Tennessee: Water Year 1983, Water Data Report TN-83-1, p. 142. Gaging station 03540500.