ETowAhRiver.org
Title
Upper Etowah River Alliance
Description
In the bottom of the bowl runs the a specific body of water, in this case, the Etowah River. The sides of the bowl are the high points of land, from which rain or snow drains down through tributaries to the river. Everything that happens in the bowl affects to quality of the water.
The Upper Etowah River Watershed encompasses 610 square miles or 390,400 acres. It includes parts of 5 counties -- Lumpkin, Pickens, Dawson, Forsyth and Cherokee -- and over 100 tributaries including Shoal, Amicalola, Yellow, Setting Down, Long Swamp and Sharp Mountain creeks. The river begins in the mountains near Dahlonega, and runs 98 miles until it reaches Lake Allatoona.
This is only a fraction of the entire Etowah Basin, which drains approximately 1,858 square miles and includes all 150 miles of river.
Contact
- The Upper Etowah River Alliance
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- East Anollee GA
- United States 30538
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- +1.706779575
