Chattahoochee River
river in the United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
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Chattahoochee River | |
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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[1] |
- elevation | 3,550 ft (1,080 m)[2] |
Mouth | Apalachicola River |
- location | confluence with Flint River, near Jim Woodruff Dam |
- coordinates | 30°42′32″N 84°51′50″W[1] |
- elevation | 75 ft (23 m)[1] |
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) |
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The Chattahoochee, Flint, and Apalachicola rivers together make up the Apalachicola–Chattahoochee–Flint River Basin (ACF River Basin).