Toxaway River facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Toxaway River |
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Location of Toxaway River mouth
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Other name(s) | Tributary to Keowee River |
Country | United States |
State | North Carolina South Carolina |
Counties | Transylvania (NC) Oconee (SC) Pickens (SC) |
Physical characteristics | |
Main source | divide between Toxaway River and Greenland Creek about 0.5 miles southeast of Cold Mountain Gap 4,000 ft (1,200 m) 35°09′03″N 082°59′21″W / 35.15083°N 82.98917°W |
River mouth | Keowee River (Lake Jocassee) Lake Jocassee 1,108 ft (338 m) 34°58′36″N 082°56′05″W / 34.97667°N 82.93472°W |
Length | 21.31 mi (34.30 km) |
Basin features | |
Progression | generally south |
River system | Savannah River |
Basin size | 146.73 square miles (380.0 km2) |
Tributaries |
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Waterfalls | Toxaway Falls |
Bridges | Long Ridge Road, Cardinal Drive, Cold Mountain Road, NC 281 |
The Toxaway River is a 21.4-mile-long (34.4 km) waterway that flows south from headwaters in Transylvania County, North Carolina, into Lake Toxaway and over Toxaway Falls, after which it crosses into South Carolina and enters Lake Jocassee, the reservoir behind Lake Jocassee Dam.
In Lake Jocassee the Toxaway River is joined by the Whitewater River to form the Keowee River. The confluence is submerged beneath the waters of Lake Jocassee. Via the Keowee and Seneca rivers, the Toxaway River is part of the Savannah River watershed.
Variant names
According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:
- Jocassa River
- Jocassee River
- Keowee River
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