Talk:Tennessee Valley Divide

It is not correct to say that the Tennessee Divide starts at a junction with the Eastern Continental Divide near Bluefield, West Virginia.

Between Bluefield, and some point in north Georgia somewhee, the eastern edge of the Tennessee Basin coincides with the Eastern Continental Divide.

The point where the Tennessee Divide diverges from the Eastern Continental Divide would be the junction point. This would be some point ( I dont know exactly where ), in northern Georgia where streams flow east towards Savannah, SW towards Mobile, and north into the Tennessee River.

Eregli bob 07:06, 19 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]


Actually, the Eastern Continental Divide doesn't even go near Bluefield, West Virginia. Between Bluefield, West Virginia, and running near Marion, Virginia, and Mount Rogers, Virginia, to a point near Blowing Rock, North Carolina , there is an irregular divide separating the headwaters of the Tennessee River ( Clinch River, Holston River ) and the New River, both of which eventually flow to the Ohio River. The upper part of the New River valley separates the upper Tennessee River branches ( Holston River et cetera ), from the Eastern Continental Divide. From around Floyd, Virginia to Blowing Rock, North Carolina, the continental divide runs close to the Blue Ridge Parkway.

South-west from Blowing Rock, the eastern edge of the Tennessee Basin runs along the Eastern Continental Divide down into Georgia.

There are two triple-point junctures of the edge of the Tennessee Basin and the Eastern Continental Divide. One of them is near Blowing Rock North Carolina. The other one is in northern Georgia somewhere. Neither of them is near Bluefield.

Eregli bob 07:24, 19 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]


The New River referred to, is the one which starts near Blowing Rock North Carolina, flows north across SW Virginia past Radford, into West Virgina where it becomes the main source of the Kanawha River.Eregli bob (talk) 02:50, 5 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]