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This is a list of rivers of the US state of Alabama. Alabama has over 132,000 [1] miles of rivers and streams with more freshwater biodiversity than any other US state. Alabama's rivers are among the most biologically diverse waterways in the world. 38% of North America's fish species, 43% of its freshwater gill-breathing snails, 51% of its freshwater turtle species, and 60% of its freshwater ...
The Alabama River, in the U.S. state of Alabama, ... The run of the Alabama is highly meandering. [2] Its width varies from 50 to 200 yards (46 to 183 m), and its ...
Alabama River – 318 miles (512 km) Coosa River – 280 miles (450 km) Tallapoosa River – 265 miles (426 km) Tombigbee River – 200 miles (320 km) Conecuh River – 198 miles (319 km) Elk River – 195 miles (314 km) Cahaba River – 194 miles (312 km) Black Warrior River – 178 miles (286 km)
The Coosa River is a tributary of the Alabama River in the U.S. states of Alabama and Georgia.The river is about 280 miles (450 km) long. [1]The Coosa River begins at the confluence of the Oostanaula and Etowah rivers in Rome, Georgia, and ends just northeast of the Alabama state capital, Montgomery, where it joins the Tallapoosa River to form the Alabama River just south of Wetumpka.
The Cahaba River is the longest substantially free-flowing river in Alabama. [2] It is a major tributary of the Alabama River and part of the larger Mobile River basin. With headwaters near Birmingham, the Cahaba flows southwest, then at Heiberger turns southeast and joins the Alabama River at the ghost town and former Alabama capital of Cahaba in Dallas County.
The Tennessee River flowing through the Tennessee River Gorge. The "Steamboat Bill" Hudson Memorial Bridge in Decatur, Alabama. Natchez Trace Parkway, crossing the Tennessee River in Cherokee, Alabama. The Tennessee River is the largest tributary of the Ohio River. [5]
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The Tallapoosa River runs 265 miles (426 km) [2] from the southern end of the Appalachian Mountains in Georgia, United States, southward and westward into the Appalachian foothills in Alabama. It is formed by the confluence of McClendon Creek and Mud Creek in Paulding County, Georgia .