Poplar Creek is a

tributary A tributary, or an ''affluent'', is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream (''main stem'' or ''"parent"''), river, or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries, and the main stem river into which they ...

of the

Clinch River The Clinch River is a river that flows southwest for more than through the Great Appalachian Valley in the U.S. states of Virginia and Tennessee, gathering various tributaries, including the Powell River, before joining the Tennessee River in ...

in Anderson and Roane counties in

East Tennessee East Tennessee is one of the three Grand Divisions of Tennessee defined in state law. Geographically and socioculturally distinct, it comprises approximately the eastern third of the U.S. state of Tennessee. East Tennessee consists of 33 coun ...

. Draining a watershed area of more than ,Water Resources Data Tennessee, Water Year 2002
United States Geological Survey, Water-Data Report TN-02-1 it enters the Clinch near the former K-25 site, a short distance downstream from the confluence of East Fork Poplar Creek, its largest tributary.

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Rivers of Tennessee Tributaries of the Tennessee River Rivers of Anderson County, Tennessee Rivers of Roane County, Tennessee {{Tennessee-river-stub

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