{"data":{"id":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-69-7-203","jurisdiction":"us-tn","citation":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 69-7-203","heading":"Definition of basin and river basin","body":"For purposes of this part, \"basin\" or \"river basin\" refers to the entire topographic extent of the following ten (10) watersheds and combinations of watersheds:\n(1) The Mississippi River and all of its tributaries west of the Tennessee River Valley;\n(2) The Duck River, the Elk River, and the western Tennessee River Valley;\n(3) The lower Cumberland River to the downstream point of the mouth of the Caney Fork River, the Harpeth and the Stones rivers;\n(4) The tributaries of the Barren River;\n(5) The upper Cumberland River, the Caney Fork, the Obed, and the Big South Fork of the Cumberland River;\n(6) The lower Tennessee River in East Tennessee up to and including the Hiawassee River;\n(7) The Conasauga River;\n(8) The Upper Tennessee River in East Tennessee upstream of the Hiawassee, the Little Tennessee, the Clinch, and the Emory rivers;\n(9) The French Broad River and the Nolichuckey River; and\n(10) The Holston River and the Watauga River.","path":["TN Code","Title 69","Chapter 7"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_tn_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:26Z","sha256":"f56a874dd6f57b507e6501d00cf52255dbf0d3c0863434414cde4e6549e07d47","source_id":"us-tn","stale":false,"prev":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-69-7-202","next":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-69-7-204"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}