Tennessee National Wildlife Refuge is a
National Wildlife Refuge
National Wildlife Refuge System is a designation for certain protected areas of the United States managed by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. The National Wildlife Refuge System is the system of public lands and waters set aside to c ...
of the United States located along the shores of the
Tennessee River
The Tennessee River is the largest tributary of the Ohio River. It is approximately long and is located in the southeastern United States in the Tennessee Valley. The river was once popularly known as the Cherokee River, among other names, ...
in
West Tennessee
West Tennessee is one of the three Grand Divisions (Tennessee), Grand Divisions of the U.S. state of Tennessee that roughly comprises the western quarter of the state. The region includes 21 counties between the Tennessee River, Tennessee and Miss ...
. It was established in 1945 where the impoundment of
Kentucky Lake
Kentucky Lake is a major navigable reservoir along the Tennessee River in Kentucky and Tennessee. It was created in 1944 by the Tennessee Valley Authority's impounding of the Tennessee River via Kentucky Dam for flood control and hydroelectric p ...
by the
Tennessee Valley Authority
The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is a federally owned electric utility corporation in the United States. TVA's service area covers all of Tennessee, portions of Alabama, Mississippi, and Kentucky, and small areas of Georgia, North Carolina ...
has created a more-or-less permanent
wetland
A wetland is a distinct ecosystem that is flooded or saturated by water, either permanently (for years or decades) or seasonally (for weeks or months). Flooding results in oxygen-free (anoxic) processes prevailing, especially in the soils. The ...
s environment favored by many species of waterfowl. The entire refuge area is 51,359.46 acres (207.84 kmĀ²)
USFWS Lands Report, 30 September 2007
/ref> in three units: From north to south (going upstream) they are Big Sandy ( Benton and Henry
Henry may refer to:
People
*Henry (given name)
* Henry (surname)
* Henry Lau, Canadian singer and musician who performs under the mononym Henry
Royalty
* Portuguese royalty
** King-Cardinal Henry, King of Portugal
** Henry, Count of Portugal, ...
counties), Duck River (Benton and Humphreys Humphreys may refer to:
Places
* Benjamin G. Humphreys Bridge, Arkansas-Mississippi
* Camp Humphreys, U.S. Camp in South Korea
*Humphreys, Missouri
*Humphreys County, Mississippi
* Humphreys County, Tennessee
* Humphreys County Airport, Tennessee
* ...
counties), and Busseltown (Decatur County Decatur County is the name of various past and present counties in the United States, all named for Stephen Decatur:
*Decatur County, Georgia
*Decatur County, Indiana
*Decatur County, Iowa
*Decatur County, Kansas
*Decatur County, Tennessee
*Decatu ...
).
References
US Fish and Wildlife Service, Tennessee NWR
Protected areas of Benton County, Tennessee
Protected areas of Decatur County, Tennessee
Protected areas of Henry County, Tennessee
Protected areas of Humphreys County, Tennessee
National Wildlife Refuges in Tennessee
Wetlands of Tennessee
Landforms of Benton County, Tennessee
Landforms of Decatur County, Tennessee
Landforms of Henry County, Tennessee
Landforms of Humphreys County, Tennessee
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