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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 Cahaba River Wildlife Management Area is an Alabama Wildlife Management Area (WMA) operated by the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources in Bibb and Shelby Counties near West Blocton, Alabama. [1] The WMA is most notable for the long stretch of free-flowing Cahaba River within its boundaries.
Buck Creek is a 17.3-mile-long (27.8 km) [1] tributary of the Cahaba River that was used to supply water power for manufacturing and industry during the 19th century. Its current use is primarily recreational and as a discharge point for municipal water treatment facilities.
The 194-mile Cahaba, Alabama's longest free-flowing river, is special not just for its beauty, but its biodiversity. The river claims more native fish species — 128 — than any other river of ...
Cahaba, also spelled Cahawba, was the first permanent state capital of Alabama, United States, from 1820 to 1825. [2] It was the county seat of Dallas County, Alabama until 1866. Located at the confluence of the Alabama and Cahaba rivers, the town endured regular seasonal flooding.
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 ...
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. ... Cahaba River (3 P) Chattahoochee River (2 C, 18 P) M. ... Alabama River;
Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge; Cahaba River Wildlife Management Area; Cahaba Basin, is a geologic area of central Alabama; Cahaba, Alabama (or Cahawba), a ghost town in, and the former capital of, Alabama; Cahaba Prison (or Cahawba Prison), a Confederate prison; Cahawba County (see Bibb County, Alabama) Cahaba Heights, Vestavia Hills a ...