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Tennessee River

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Tennessee River River in Tennessee, n Alabama and w Kentucky. Formed by the confluence of the Holston and French Broad rivers, it joins the Ohio at Paducah, Kentucky, and forms part of the Alabama–Mississippi border. The US government's Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA, 1933) developed the river's hydroelectric potential (nine major dams) and transport facilities, along with irrigation and flood control. Length 1,050km (652mi).

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