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ALABAMA RIVER

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ALABAMA See also:RIVER , a river of Alabama, U.S.A., formed by the Tallapoosa and Coosa See also:rivers, which unite about 6 m. above See also:Montgomery. It flows W. as far as See also:Selma, then S.W. until, about 45 M. from See also:Mobile, it unites with the Tombigbee to See also:form the Mobile and Tensas rivers, which See also:discharge into Mobile See also:Bay. The course of the Alabama is tortuous; its width varies from 200 to 300 yds., its See also:depth from 3 to 7 ft.; its length by the See also:United States Survey is 312 m., by steamboat measurement, 420 M. The river crosses the richest agricultural and See also:timber districts of the See also:state, and See also:railways connect it with the See also:mineral regions of See also:north central Alabama. The See also:principal tributary of the Alabama is the Cahaba (about 200 M. See also:long), which enters it about 10 m. below Selma. Of the rivers which form the Alabama, the Coosa crosses the mineral region of Alabama, and is navigable for See also:light-draft boats from See also:Rome, See also:Georgia (where it is formed by the junction of the Oostenaula and Etowah rivers), to about 117 M. above Wetumpka (about 192 M. below Rome and 26 m. below Greensport), and from Wetumpka to its junction with the Tallapoosa; the channel of the river has been consider-ably improved by the Federal See also:government. The See also:navigation of the Tallapoosa river (which has its source in See also:Paulding See also:county, Georgia, and is about 250 M. long) is prevented by shoals and a 6o-ft. fall at Tallassee, a few See also:miles N. of its junction with the Coosa. The Alabama is navigable throughout the See also:year. In 1878 the Federal government undertook to make a channel the length of the Alabama 200 ft. wide and 4 ft. deep; an See also:amendment in 1891 provided for a 6-ft. channel at See also:low See also:water, and in See also:June 1907 this See also:work was reported as " so%o completed" at an See also:expenditure of $303,659. The Mobile river is navigable for vessels of about 14 ft. draft. The Alabama is an important See also:carrier of See also:cotton, cotton See also:seed, fertilizer, cereals, See also:lumber, See also:naval stores, &c.; and in the fiscal year 1906-1907 the See also:freight See also:tonnage was 417,441 tons.

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