Editing Meigs County, Tennessee (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|217|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|195|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|22|sqmi}} (10%) 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 9, 2015|date=August 22, 2012|title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files}}</ref>

The main geographic feature of Meigs County is the [[Tennessee River]], which forms the county's western boundary. [[Watts Bar Dam]] is located along the river between Meigs and adjacent Rhea County. Above it is the manmade [[Watts Bar Lake]], which spans the river upstream to [[Fort Loudoun Dam]] just west of [[Knoxville, Tennessee|Knoxville]]. Watts Bar Dam's tailwaters are part of [[Chickamauga Lake]], which stretches downstream to [[Chickamauga Dam]] in [[Chattanooga, Tennessee|Chattanooga]]. The mouth of the [[Hiwassee River]] flows into the Tennessee River at a point in southwestern Meigs County, near where Meigs, Rhea, and Hamilton counties meet.

===Adjacent counties===
*[[Roane County, Tennessee]] (north)
*[[McMinn County, Tennessee]] (east)
*[[Bradley County, Tennessee]] (southeast)
*[[Hamilton County, Tennessee]] (south)
*[[Rhea County, Tennessee]] (west)

===State protected areas===
*Chickamauga Wildlife Management Area (part)
*Hiwassee Refuge (part)