Ocmulgee River

Ocmulgee River
Ocmulgee River
	Ocmulgee River in Monroe County Recreational Park
	Map of the Ocmulgee River watershed highlighted; river is dark blue
Location
Country	United States
State	Georgia
Physical characteristics
Source	Confluence of South, Yellow, and Alcovy rivers
• location	Lloyd Shoals Dam
• coordinates	33°19′15″N 83°50′39″W / 33.32083°N 83.84417°W
Mouth	Altamaha River
• location	Hazlehurst
Length	255 mi (410 km)
Basin features
Tributaries
• left	South River
• right	Yellow River, Alcovy River

The Ocmulgee River (/ɒkˈmʌlɡiː/) is a western tributary of the Altamaha River, approximately 255 mi (410 km) long, in the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the westernmost major tributary of the Altamaha.^[1] It was formerly known by its Hitchiti name of Ocheese Creek, from which the Creek (Muscogee) people derived their name.

The Ocmulgee River and its tributaries provide drainage for some 6,180 square miles in parts of 33 Georgia counties, a large section of the Piedmont and coastal plain of central Georgia.^[1]

The Ocmulgee River basin has three river subbasins designated by the U.S. Geological Survey: the Upper Ocmulgee River subbasin (hydrologic unit code 03070103); the Lower Ocmulgee River Subbasin (03070104); and the Little Ocmulgee River Subbasin (03070105).^[2]

The name of the river may have come from a Hitchiti words oki ("water") plus molki ("bubbling" or "boiling"),^[3] possibly meaning "where the water boils up."^[1]

^ ^a ^b ^c Ocmulgee River, New Georgia Encyclopedia (August 9, 2004).
^ Ocmulgee River Basin Plan, Section 2: River Basin Characteristics, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Environmental Protection Division.
^ Bright, William (2004). Native American placenames of the United States. University of Oklahoma Press. p. 347. ISBN 978-0-8061-3598-4. Retrieved 16 September 2011.

[Hulett-1] Ocmulgee River, New Georgia Encyclopedia (August 9, 2004).

[Section_2-2] Ocmulgee River Basin Plan, Section 2: River Basin Characteristics, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Environmental Protection Division.

[Bright2004-3] Bright, William (2004). Native American placenames of the United States. University of Oklahoma Press. p. 347. ISBN 978-0-8061-3598-4. Retrieved 16 September 2011.

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