Apalachicola River

Apalachicola River
Apalachicola River
	Map of the Apalachicola River watershed showing the two main tributaries, the Chattahoochee River (left) and the Flint River (right).
Location
Country	United States
State	Florida
Physical characteristics
Source	Lake Seminole
• location	Chattahoochee, Florida
• coordinates	30°42′31″N 84°51′50″W / 30.7086°N 84.8639°W
• elevation	75 ft (23 m)
Mouth	Gulf of Mexico
• location	Apalachicola, Florida
• coordinates	29°43′27″N 84°58′39″W / 29.7243°N 84.9776°W
• elevation	0 ft (0 m)
Length	160 miles (260 km)
Basin size	19,500 sq mi (50,505 km2)
Discharge
• average	19,602 cu ft/s (555.1 m3/s)

The Apalachicola River /æpəlætʃɪˈkoʊlə/ is a river, approximately 160 miles (260 km) long, in the state of Florida. The river's large watershed, known as the Apalachicola, Chattahoochee and Flint (ACF) River Basin, drains an area of approximately 19,500 square miles (50,500 km²) into the Gulf of Mexico. The distance to its farthest head waters (as the Chattahoochee River) in northeast Georgia is approximately 500 miles (800 km). Its name comes from Apalachicola Province, an association of Native American towns located on what is now the Chattahoochee River. The Spanish included what is now called the Chattahoochee River as part of one river, calling all of it from its origins in the southern Appalachian foothills down to the Gulf of Mexico the Apalachicola.^[1]

^ Hann, John H. (2006). The Native American World Beyond Apalachee. University Press of Florida. p. 5. ISBN 978-0-8130-2982-5.

[1] Hann, John H. (2006). The Native American World Beyond Apalachee. University Press of Florida. p. 5. ISBN 978-0-8130-2982-5.

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