Editing Cherokee County, Georgia (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|434|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|422|sqmi}} are land and {{convert|13|sqmi}} (2.9%) are covered by water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> Much of the water is in [[Lake Allatoona]] in the southwest. The lake is fed by the [[Etowah River|Etowah]] and [[Little River (northern Georgia)|Little]] Rivers (the county's primary waterways), and other large streams such as [[Noonday Creek]]. Much of the northern part of the county begins to rise toward the [[foothills]] of the north Georgia mountains.

The vast majority of Cherokee County is located in the [Etowah River] sub-basin of the [[ACT River Basin|Coosa-Tallapoosa River Basin]], with only a small northwesterly corner of the county located in the [[Coosawattee River]] sub-basin of the same basin.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gaswcc.org/maps/ |title=Georgia Soil and Water Conservation Commission Interactive Mapping Experience |publisher=Georgia Soil and Water Conservation Commission |access-date=November 19, 2015 |archive-date=October 3, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003004639/http://www.gaswcc.org/maps/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Mountains===
[[File:Pine Log Mountain and Bear Mountain, Cherokee County, Georgia.jpg|thumb|[[Pine Log Mountain]] (left) and [[Bear Mountain (Georgia)|Bear Mountain]] (right)]]
Nine [[summit (geography)|summits]] are listed by the [[United States Geological Survey]] [[Geographic Names Information System]] as being in the county. From tallest to lowest, they are:

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* [[Bear Mountain (Georgia)|Bear Mountain]] – {{convert|2297|ft|m|0}}
* [[Pine Log Mountain]] – {{convert|2260|ft|m|0}}
* Oakey Mountain – {{convert|1686|ft|m|0}}
* Dry Pond Mountain – {{convert|1644|ft|m|0}}
* Hickory Log Mountain – {{convert|1545|ft|m|0}}
* Polecat Mountain – {{convert|1503|ft|m|0}}
* Byrd Mountain – {{convert|1358|ft|m|0}}
* Garland Mountain – {{convert|1348|ft|m|0}}
* Posey Mountain – {{convert|1306|ft|m|0}}
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===Adjacent counties===
* [[Pickens County, Georgia|Pickens]] – north
* [[Dawson County, Georgia|Dawson]] – northeast
* [[Forsyth County, Georgia|Forsyth]] – east
* [[Fulton County, Georgia|Fulton]] – southeast
* [[Cobb County, Georgia|Cobb]] – south
* [[Bartow County, Georgia|Bartow]] – west
* [[Gordon County, Georgia|Gordon]] – northwest