Tesnatee Creek

Tesnatee Creek is a stream in Georgia, and is a tributary of the Chestatee River.

The creek is approximately 12.06 miles (19.41 km) long.

[1] Tesnatee is a name derived from the Cherokee language meaning "wild turkey".

[3] The creek heads in a southwesterly direction for approximately 2.6 miles, crosses U.S. Route 129 northwest of Cleveland, and makes a brief turn to the west as it picks up Cox Creek from the east, then turns back to the southwest for another 2.6 miles, picking up two unnamed branches on its way to its meeting with Town Creek.

The Upper Tesnatee sub-basin drains an area of approximately 28 square miles north and west of Cleveland, while the Lower Tesnatee sub-basin drains an area of approximately 18 square miles southwest of Cleveland, and north of the Wahoo Creek-Little River watershed.