Alapaha River

Alapaha River

The Alapaha River (pronEng|əˈlæpəhɑː) is a river, 190 mi (306 km) long, in southern Georgia and northern Florida in the United States. It is a tributary of the Suwannee River, which flows to the Gulf of Mexico.

Course

The Alapaha River rises in southeastern Dooly County, Georgia, and flows generally southeastwardly through or along the boundaries of Crisp, Wilcox, Turner, Ben Hill, Irwin, Tift, Berrien, Atkinson, Lanier, Lowndes and Echols Counties in Georgia, and Hamilton County in Florida, where it flows into the Suwannee River 10 mi (16 km) southwest of Jasper. Along its course it passes the Georgia towns of Rebecca, Alapaha, Willacoochee, Lakeland, and Statenville.

Near Willacoochee, Georgia, the Alapaha collects the Willacoochee River. In Florida, it collects the Alapahoochee River and the short Little Alapaha River, which rises in Echols County, Georgia, and flows southwestward.

Variant names

The United States Board on Geographic Names settled on "Alapaha River" as the stream's name in 1891. According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known as:

Alapaha Land Conservation

On Friday August the 8th 2008 the Alapaha Land Conservation group purchased several lots adjacent to both the Alapaha River and Lake Alapaha. The purpose of the conservation group is to research sustainable building practices and promote Permaculture initiatives through out the southeastern United States. The conservation land also protects many species of plants and animals native to the region. In addition to the protection of wildlife the group also strives to protect artifacts left behind by the lands original inhabitants the Swift Creek Culture.

ee also

*List of Florida rivers
*List of Georgia rivers
*Alapaha, Georgia

References

* [http://reference.allrefer.com/gazetteer/A/A02342-alapaha-river.html Columbia Gazetteer of North America entry]
*DeLorme (2003). "Georgia Atlas & Gazetteer". Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. ISBN 0-89933-253-6.
*Gnis|309997|Alapaha River
*Gnis|294055|Little Alapaha River


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