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Memphis, Tennessee | Wolf River | Bottomland forest and wetland in the Wolf River's uppermost headwaters | Origin | Holly Springs National Forest | Walnut, Mississippi | Mississippi River | Memphis, Tennessee | Basin | Source | discharge | The Wolf River's watershed is 889 square miles (2,300 km2) in surface area, including parts of Shelby and Fayette counties in Tennessee and Benton County, Mississippi. | | The Wolf River was designated an American Heritage River by presidential proclamation in 1997. | | American Heritage River | The Wolf River at Germantown, Tennessee after two days of heavy thunderstorms | | Germantown, Tennessee | stream | West Tennessee | Mississippi | confluence | Mississippi River | Chickasaw | French | Spanish | Memphis, Tennessee | Holly Springs National Forest | Benton County, Mississippi | Ashland, Mississippi | Shelby County, Tennessee | Mud Island | Ashland, Mississippi | La Grange, Tennessee | Moscow, Tennessee | Rossville, Tennessee | Piperton, Tennessee | Collierville, Tennessee | Germantown, Tennessee | Bartlett, Tennessee | Raleigh | Shelby County, Tennessee | Memphis, Tennessee | deer | otter | mink | bobcat | fox | coyote | turkey | waterfowl | osprey | great egret | bald eagle | Tupelo Gum | green ash | red maple | oak | blackgum | bald cypress | cardinal flower | ironweed | spatterdock | mussels | Clean Water Act | alluvial | New Madrid Fault | Nonconnah Creek | Mississippian culture | mound sites | Hernando de Soto | Chickasaw | Robert Cavelier de La Salle | Lenape | Chicago, Illinois | Biloxi, Mississippi | Jesuit | Jacques Gravier | 26 October | 1700 | Delaware | Mr. de la Salle's | Chickacha | from which | Spanish colonial government | Pinckney's Treaty | The Wolf River's watershed (everything above the red dotted line), as surveyed in 1740 by Ignace François Broutin, chief engineer of French Louisiana. The French had named the Wolf "Riviere a Margot" | | French Louisiana | Wolf River Harbor, at Downtown Memphis, was formerly the lowermost channel of the Wolf River before its 1960 diversion by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The old mouth of the Wolf River is visible in the upper-right corner, framed by the I-40 and Mud Island Monorail bridges. | | Mud Island | Tennessee General Assembly | drinking water | artesian wells | Mud Island | Germantown, Tennessee | Raleigh | Penal Farm | Shelby Farms | Austin Peay | Wolf River Conservancy | Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency | American Heritage River | EPA | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Memphis Office | "headcutting" | Collierville, Tennessee | sprawl | Tenn-385 | I-269 | aquifer | Bottomland hardwood swamp at the confluence of Tubby Creek and the Wolf River in the Holly Springs National Forest near Ashland, Mississippi. This location was considered to be the Wolf's head of navigation at the time of the first known full descent of the river, completed in 1998 by members of the Wolf River Conservancy who hiked or waded from the river's source at Baker's Pond to this point and traveled by canoe to the river's confluence with the Mississippi River. | | Holly Springs National Forest | Ashland, Mississippi | head of navigation | Wolf River Conservancy | Mississippi River | Wolf River Conservancy | Mid-South | wetlands | floodwaters | aquifer | Low-Impact Recreation | Side-channel at Germantown, Tennessee | | List of Mississippi rivers | List of Tennessee rivers | Mississippi River tributaries | | citations | verification | reliable references | challenged | EPA | Velsicol Chemical Corporation | v | d | Memphis | Memphis metropolitan area | TN | MS | AR | Memphis Topics | History | Geography | Government | Economy | Education | Culture | Tourism | Sports | Transportation | Memphians | Welcome to Memphis | Flag of Tennessee | FedEx plane | Flag of Mississippi | Southland Greyhound Park | Flag of Arkansas | Memphis downtown trolley | Downtown | Midtown | North Memphis | South Memphis | East Memphis | Belle Meade | Berclair | Central Gardens | Chickasaw Gardens | Cooper-Young | Cordova | Douglass | Evergreen | Frayser | Harbor Town | Hickory Hill | High Point Terrace | Hollywood | Hyde Park | Lenox | Medical District | Mud Island | Normal Station | Nutbush | Orange Mound | Raleigh | Riverside | Sherwood Forest | South Main | Uptown | Victorian Village | Vollintine Hills | Whitehaven | Wolfchase | AutoZone Stadium | Beale Street | Bellevue Baptist Church | Botanic Garden | Brooks Museum | Burkle Estate | Central Station | Cotton Museum | Davies Manor | Dixon Gallery and Gardens | Downtown Trolleys | Elmwood Cemetery | FedExForum | Graceland | Liberty Bowl Stadium | Libertyland | Lichterman Nature Center | Meeman-Shelby Forest State Park | Memorial Park Cemetery | Memphis Cotton Exchange | Lincoln American Tower | Memphis International Airport | Memphis Motorsports Park | Memphis National Cemetery | Memphis Zoo | Mississippi River | Mississippi River Park | Mud Island Monorail | National Civil Rights Museum | National Ornamental Metal Museum | Orpheum Theatre | Overton Park | Peabody Hotel | Pink Palace | The Pyramid | St. Jude Children's Research Hospital | St. Mary's Episcopal Cathedral | Shelby Farms | Stax Museum | Sun Studio | Tennessee Brewery | T. 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