Chattahoochee River - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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| Chattahoochee River | |
|---|---|
 Chattahoochee River at Jones Bridge Park in Peachtree Corners, Georgia | |
 Map of the Apalachicola River system with the Chattahoochee highlighted in dark blue. | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Georgia, Alabama, Florida |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | near Jacks Knob |
| - location | Blue Ridge Mountains, Chattahoochee National Forest, Georgia |
| - coordinates | 34°49′26″N 83°47′28″W / 34.82389°N 83.79111°W[2] |
| - elevation | 3,550 ft (1,080 m)[1] |
| Mouth | Apalachicola River |
| - location | confluence with Flint River, near Jim Woodruff Dam |
| - coordinates | 30°42′32″N 84°51′50″W / 30.70889°N 84.86389°W[2] |
| - elevation | 75 ft (23 m)[2] |
| Length | 430 mi (690 km)[3] |
| Basin size | 8,770 sq mi (22,700 km2)[3] |
| Discharge | |
| - average | 10,090 cu ft/s (286 m3/s)[4] |
| - minimum | 0 cu ft/s (0 m3/s) |
| - maximum | 195,000 cu ft/s (5,500 m3/s) |
The Chattahoochee River forms the southern half of the Alabama and Georgia border. It is a tributary of the Apalachicola River. The Chattahoochee River is about 430 miles (690 km) long.[3]
The Chattahoochee, Flint, and Apalachicola rivers together make up the Apalachicola–Chattahoochee–Flint River Basin (ACF River Basin).
- ↑ Calculated in Google Maps and Google Earth
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Chattahoochee River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin". River Basin Center. Archived from the original on June 9, 2010. Retrieved 4 August 2010.
- ↑ "Water resources data for the United States, Water Year 2009; gage 02343801, Chattahoochee River near Columbia, GA" (PDF). USGS. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 March 2012. Retrieved 4 August 2010.