Editing Bradley County, Tennessee (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|331|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|329|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|2.7|sqmi}} (0.8%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=http://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/counties_list_47.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=April 1, 2015|date=August 22, 2012|title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files}}</ref> The county is situated on a series of paralleling ridges running north-northeasterly which are part of the [[Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians|Ridge and Valley]] [[Appalachian Mountains|Appalachians]]. The highest of these, [[Candies Creek Ridge]], runs through the center of Cleveland.<ref name=USGS1>{{cite map|publisher=[[US Geological Survey]]|title=East Cleveland, Tennessee|url=https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/img4/ht_icons/Browse/TN/TN_East%20Cleveland_147460_1976_24000.jpg|year=1976|access-date=November 12, 2017}}</ref> Located in between these ridges are [[stream|creek]]s, and there are several [[Spring (water)|spring]]s in the county, which made the area favorable to early settlers. The highest point in the county is located on the [[Hamilton County, Tennessee|Hamilton County]] line along [[White Oak Mountain]]. The county is bordered on the north by the [[Hiwassee River]].<ref>{{cite map |author = US Geological Survey |author-link = US Geological Survey |year =1965|title = Charleston, Tenn.|url=https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/img4/ht_icons/Browse/TN/TN_Charleston_148887_1965_24000.jpg|location = [[Washington, D.C.]]|publisher=[[U.S. Department of the Interior]]|access-date=November 11, 2017}}</ref> The majority of the county is located in the [[Tennessee Valley]] drainage basin, except for approximately the southeastern third, which is located in the [[Mobile Bay|Mobile Bay Watershed]] and contains the [[Conasauga River]].<ref>{{cite map |author = US Geological Survey |author-link = US Geological Survey |year =1965|title = Charleston, Tenn.|url=https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/img4/ht_icons/Browse/TN/TN_Charleston_148887_1965_24000.jpg|location = [[Washington, D.C.]]|publisher=[[U.S. Department of the Interior]]|access-date=November 11, 2017}}</ref> This river is the only river in Tennessee that is not part of the [[Mississippi River#Watershed|Mississippi River Watershed]].<ref>{{cite journal|last=Carey|first=Bill|date=October 2017|title=Conasauga River nearly became important in Tennessee history|url=https://www.tnmagazine.org/conasauga-river-nearly-became-important-tennessee-history/|journal=Tennessee Magazine|access-date=June 23, 2020}}</ref>

===Adjacent counties===
*[[Meigs County, Tennessee|Meigs County]] (northwest)
*[[McMinn County, Tennessee|McMinn County]] (north)
*[[Polk County, Tennessee|Polk County]] (east)
*[[Murray County, Georgia]] (southeast)
*[[Whitfield County, Georgia]] (south)
*[[Hamilton County, Tennessee|Hamilton County]] (west)

===State protected areas===
*Chickamauga Wildlife Management Area (part)
*Charlotte Anne Finnell Neal Wildlife Management Area
*[[Red Clay State Park]]