<Tr> <Th> Waterbodies </Th> <Td> W. Kerr Scott Reservoir, High Rock Lake, Tuckertown Reservoir, Badin Lake, Falls Reservoir </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> GNIS </Th> <Td> 1024415 </Td> </Tr> <P> The Yadkin River is one of the longest rivers in North Carolina, flowing 215 miles (346 km). It rises in the northwestern portion of the state near the Blue Ridge Parkway's Thunder Hill Overlook . Several parts of the river are impounded by dams for water, power, and flood control . The river becomes the Pee Dee River at the confluence of the Uwharrie River south of the community of Badin, NC and east of the town of Albemarle, NC . The river flows into South Carolina near Cheraw, which is at the Fall Line . The entirety of the Yadkin River and the Great Pee Dee River is part of the Yadkin - Pee Dee River Basin . </P> <P> The meaning of the word Yadkin, derived from Yattken, or Yattkin, a Siouan Indian word, is unknown . In Siouan terminology it may mean "big tree" or "place of big trees ." </P>

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