Toxaway River

{{short description|Stream in North Carolina, USA}} {{Use American English|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox river | name = Toxaway River | name_native = | name_native_lang = | name_other = Tributary to Keowee River | name_etymology =  | image = | image_caption = | map = | map_size = 300 | map_caption = | pushpin_map = USA South Carolina#USA | pushpin_map_size = 300 | pushpin_map_caption= Location of Toxaway River mouth  | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = United States | subdivision_type2 = State | subdivision_name2 = North Carolina South Carolina | subdivision_type3 = Counties | subdivision_name3 = Transylvania (NC) Oconee (SC) Pickens (SC) | subdivision_type4 = | subdivision_name4 = | subdivision_type5 = | subdivision_name5 =  | length = {{convert|21.31|mi|km|abbr=on}}<ref name="geoviewer">{{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=6 October 2019}}</ref> | width_min = | width_avg = | width_max = | depth_min = | depth_avg = | depth_max = | discharge1_location= Keowee River (Lake Jocassee) | discharge1_min = | discharge1_avg = {{convert|508.41|cuft/s|m3/s|abbr=on}} at mouth with Keowee River<ref name="watershed">{{cite web |title=Toxaway River Watershed Report |url=https://watersgeo.epa.gov/watershedreport/?comid=11749815 |website=Waters Geoviewer |publisher=US EPA |accessdate=6 October 2019}}</ref> | discharge1_max =  | source1 = divide between Toxaway River and Greenland Creek | source1_location = about 0.5 miles southeast of Cold Mountain Gap | source1_coordinates= {{coord|35|09|03|N|082|59|21|W|display=inline}}<ref name="GNIS">{{cite web |title=GNIS Detail - Toxaway River |url=https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=138:3:0::NO:3:P3_FID,P3_TITLE:1016210,Toxaway%20River |website=geonames.usgs.gov |publisher=US Geological Survey |accessdate=6 October 2019}}</ref> | source1_elevation = {{convert|4,000|ft|abbr=on}}<ref name="TRTopozone">{{cite web |title=Thompson River Topo Map, Oconee County SC (Salem Area) |url=https://www.topozone.com/south-carolina/oconee-sc/stream/thompson-river/ |website=TopoZone |publisher=Locality, LLC |accessdate=6 October 2019 |language=en}}</ref> | mouth = Keowee River (Lake Jocassee) | mouth_location = Lake Jocassee | mouth_coordinates = {{coord|34|58|36|N|082|56|05|W|display=inline,title}}<ref name="GNIS"/> | mouth_elevation = {{convert|1108|ft|abbr=on}}<ref name="GNIS"/> | progression = generally south | river_system = Savannah River | basin_size = {{convert|146.73|sqmi}}<ref name="watershed"/> | basin_population = | tributaries_left = Indian Creek Panther Branch Auger Fork Toxaway Creek Rock Creek Laurel Fork Creek Devils Hole Creek | tributaries_right = Mill Creek Deep Ford Creek Bear Meadow Creek Cobb Creek Horsepasture River | waterfalls = Toxaway Falls<ref name="TRTopozone"/> | bridges = Long Ridge Road, Cardinal Drive, Cold Mountain Road, NC 281 | ports = | custom_label = | custom_data = | extra = }}

The '''Toxaway River''' is a {{convert|21.4|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}}<ref name=NHD>U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. [http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ The National Map], accessed April 26, 2011</ref> waterway that flows south from headwaters in Transylvania County, North Carolina, into Lake Toxaway and over Toxaway Falls, after which it crosses into South Carolina and enters Lake Jocassee, the reservoir behind Lake Jocassee Dam.

In Lake Jocassee the Toxaway River is joined by the Whitewater River to form the Keowee River. The confluence is submerged beneath the waters of Lake Jocassee. Via the Keowee and Seneca rivers, the Toxaway River is part of the Savannah River watershed.

==Variant names== According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:<ref name="GNIS"/> *Jocassa River *Jocassee River *Keowee River

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Category:Rivers of North Carolina Category:Rivers of South Carolina Category:Rivers of Transylvania County, North Carolina Category:Rivers of Pickens County, South Carolina Category:Tributaries of the Savannah River