North Carolina · Unknown Co.

Valley River

· 30 mi · Class
Optimal: 130–375 CFS · USGS #03550000
255 avg
147CFS
2.15 ft gauge height
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Avg flow: 255 cfsHist. median: 0 cfsUSGS #03550000
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The Valley River is a tributary of the Hiwassee River that begins as a pair of springs in the Snowbird Mountains of Cherokee County, North Carolina and descends 2,960 feet in elevation in approximately forty miles to enter the Hiwassee embayment at Murphy, North Carolina.

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