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Sequatchie River, river that rises in the Crab Orchard Mountains in east-central Tennessee, U.S., and flows approximately 80 miles (130 km) southwest to join the Tennessee River near Jasper, near the state’s southern border. Its valley divides Walden Ridge from the southern part of the Cumberland Plateau.

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