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The Choctawhatchee River is a 141-mile-long (227 km) [1] river in the southern United States, flowing through southeast Alabama and the Panhandle of Florida before emptying into Choctawhatchee Bay in Okaloosa and Walton counties. The river, the bay and their adjacent watersheds collectively drain 5,350 square miles (13,900 km 2). [2]
The Choctawhatchee River flows into the bay, as do several smaller rivers and streams. [2] [4] The tolled Mid-Bay Bridge crosses the bay, connecting the city of Destin to Niceville, Florida. The Judge Clyde B. Wells Bridge crosses the eastern part of the bay, connecting Freeport to the coast. [5] Looking westward onto Choctawhatchee Bay
Little Choctawhatchee River is a 24.0-mile-long (38.6 km) [1] river in Alabama, United States. It drains an area of 261 square miles (680 km 2) in Dale, Geneva, Henry and Houston counties. It empties into the Choctawhatchee River. Surveys of the river show it to be poor in invertebrates and high in pollutants. [2]
Outstanding Florida Waters are rivers, lakes and other water features designated by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) under authority of Section 403.061 (27), Florida Statutes as "worthy of special protection because of their natural attributes."
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 ...
Choctawhatchee River: 3,231 984.8 20 [b] 6.1 State Road 20: 1984 83 A. Max Brewer Bridge: Indian River: 3,216 980.2 65 [56] 19.8 Brevard County Road 402: 2010 84
Wiregrass ecosystem on the Gulf Coast Map showing southern Georgia, southeastern Alabama, and the Florida Panhandle.. The Wiregrass region, also known as the Wiregrass plains or Wiregrass country, is an area of the Southern United States encompassing parts of southern Georgia, southeastern Alabama, and the Florida Panhandle.
There were no bridges over the southern parts of the Choctawhatchee River, and what roads existed were merely sand trails crossing miles of low-lying forests. In the 1930s, the area became easier to reach, with the construction of Highway 98, the Highway 331 bridge, and the Intracoastal Waterway. In the 1940s, the Choctawhatchee Electric ...