Influence of Weather
Between Poplar, North Carolina, and Unaka Springs, Tennessee, the Nolichucky River gorge provides one of the more scenic and technical whitewater trips in the southern United States.
The naturally flowing Nolichucky River is a popular whitewater rafting and canoeing destination since it has stretches of both white water areas and calm water, however, when lack of adequate summer rain fall will not allow for rafting trips on this naturally flowing stream during seasonal droughts, local commercial rafting companies in Unicoi County will often divert whitewater river trips to the Watauga River running through Elizabethton, Tennessee in Carter County. The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) regulates flow of the Watauga River guarantees a minimum release schedule accommodating whitewater rafting companies during the summer season for with the regular release of deep, impounded reservoir waters from behind both the TVA Watauga Dam and the TVA Wilbur Dam
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