Cheoah River

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| name = Cheoah River

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| name_other = Tributary to Little Tennessee River

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| image = Cheoah River, Tapoco, NC Sept 2019.jpg

| image_caption = Cheoah River in Tapoco, North Carolina

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| subdivision_type1 = Country

| subdivision_name1 = United States

| subdivision_type2 = State

| subdivision_name2 = North Carolina

| subdivision_type3 = County

| subdivision_name3 = Graham
Swain

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| length_mi = 18.16

| length_ref = {{cite web |title=ArcGIS Web Application |url=https://epa.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=ada349b90c26496ea52aab66a092593b |website=epa.maps.arcgis.com |publisher=US EPA |accessdate=16 October 2019}}

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| discharge1_location= Little Tennessee River

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| discharge1_avg = {{convert|687.43|cuft/s|m3/s|abbr=on}} at mouth with Little Tennessee River{{cite web |title=Cheoah River Watershed Report |url=https://watersgeo.epa.gov/watershedreport/?comid=19720801 |website=Waters Geoviewer |publisher=US EPA |accessdate=16 October 2019}}

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| source1 = Confluence of Sweetwater and Tulula Creeks

| source1_location = Robbinsville, North Carolina

| source1_coordinates= {{coord|35|19|38.3196|N|83|48|7.635|W|display=inline}}

| source1_elevation = {{convert|1993|ft|abbr=on}}{{cite web |title=Cheoah River Topo Map, Graham County NC (Tapoco Area) |url=https://www.topozone.com/north-carolina/graham-nc/stream/cheoah-river/ |website=TopoZone |publisher=Locality, LLC |accessdate=16 October 2019 |language=en}}

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| mouth_location = Little Tennessee River

| mouth_coordinates = {{coord|35|26|55.307|N|83|56|22.65|W|display=inline,title}}

| mouth_elevation = {{convert|1106|ft|abbr=on}}

| progression = northwest

| river_system = Little Tennessee → Tennessee → Ohio → Mississippi

| basin_size_mi2 = 215.14

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| tributaries_left = Tulula Creek
Long Creek
Stillhouse Hollow
Massey Branch
Snowbird Creek
West Buffalo Creek
Charikus Branch
Farley Cove
Santeetlah Creek
Gold Mine Branch
Rock Creek
Laurel Branch
Persimmon Tree Branch
Falls Branch
Deep Creek
Frisby Branch
Barker Creek
Bear Creek
Otter Rock Branch
Yellowhammer Branch

| tributaries_right = Sweetwater Creek
Mountain Creek
Ground Squirrel Branch
East Buffalo Creek
Gladdens Creek
Cochran Creek
Cochran Creek
Yellow Creek
Puncheon Camp Branch
Halfmile Branch
Meadow Branch

| waterbodies = Santeetlah Lake

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The Cheoah River is a tributary of the Little Tennessee River in North Carolina in the United States.

It is located in Graham County in far western North Carolina, near Robbinsville, and is approximately 20 miles in length. Its headwaters are in the Appalachian Mountains where it flows northwest near Robbinsville, to the Lake Santeetlah and flows towards the Tennessee border with a terminus at the Little Tennessee between the Cheoah Dam and Lake Calderwood.