Complex sentence: The Little Tennessee River enters Monroe County from the east, where it slices a gap between the Great Smoky Mountains and the Unicoi Mountains, and winds its way westward for some before emptying into the Tennessee River near Lenoir City.
Split into simpler sentences: The Little Tennessee River enters Monroe County from the east, where it has sliced a gap between the Great Smoky Mountains and the Unicoi Mountains. It winds westward for some before emptying into the Tennessee River near Lenoir City.