Cavenders Creek is a stream in
Georgia
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, and is a tributary of the
Chestatee River
The Chestatee River (variant spellings Chestatie, Chestetee, Chostatee, Chosteta, Chestotee; none in modern use) is a file geodatabase (GDB) at ftp://rockyftp.cr.usgs.gov/vdelivery/Datasets/Staged/Hydro/FileGDB101/ river in the Appalachian Mounta ...
. The creek is approximately long.
[ file geodatabase (GDB) at ftp://rockyftp.cr.usgs.gov/vdelivery/Datasets/Staged/Hydro/FileGDB101/]
Course
Cavenders Creek
rises in east-central
Lumpkin County, approximately 2 miles southeast of
Tate Creek, west of
U.S. Route 19
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/
State Route 9/
State Route 60
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, and just south of the
Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest.
The creek heads south for approximately 1.9 miles, parallel to the highway, and picks up two unnamed branches from the east, before joining with Left Fork Cavenders Creek. The creek then heads southeast for 1.4 miles, and joins the
Chestatee River
The Chestatee River (variant spellings Chestatie, Chestetee, Chostatee, Chosteta, Chestotee; none in modern use) is a file geodatabase (GDB) at ftp://rockyftp.cr.usgs.gov/vdelivery/Datasets/Staged/Hydro/FileGDB101/ river in the Appalachian Mounta ...
north of
State Route 52.
Sub-watershed details
The creek
watershed
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and associated waters is designated by the
United States Geological Survey
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as sub-
watershed
Watershed may refer to:
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* Drainage divide, the line that separates neighbouring drainage basins
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* Watershed Music Festival, an annual country ...
HUC 031300010601, is named the Cavenders Creek-Chestatee River sub-watershed, drains an area of approximately 21 square miles northeast of
Dahlonega
Dahlonega ( ) is the county seat of Lumpkin County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 5,242, and in 2018 the population was estimated to be 6,884.
Dahlonega is located at the north end of Georgia h ...
, and is bisected by the Chestatee River heading from the northeast to the southwest through the sub-basin. The sub-watershed south of Cavenders Creek and the Chestatee River drains the portion of eastern Lumpkin County east of Dahlonega. From north to south, 5 unnamed branches, as well as Pecks Mill Creek, which is long,
[ join the Chestatee from the south, while Cavenders Creek and 3 other unnamed branches flow into the river from the north.]
See also
* Water Resource Region
* South Atlantic-Gulf Water Resource Region
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* Apalachicola basin
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This area ...
References
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Cavenders Creek (Chestatee River)
Rivers of Lumpkin County, Georgia