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Pages in category "Rivers of Sumter County, Alabama" ... Tombigbee River; Toomsuba Creek This page was last edited on 30 October 2020, at 04:52 (UTC). ...
The first scientific reports of Alabama's geology were made during field studies by R. T. Brumby in the late 1830s and Sir Charles Lyell in the early 1840s. Michael Tuomey , appointed state geologist in 1847, completed a Geological Map of Alabama and in 1849 and published the first of two comprehensive reports on the state's resources a year later.
This is a list of rivers of the US state of Alabama. Alabama has over 132,000 [1] miles of rivers and streams with more freshwater biodiversity than any other US state. Alabama's rivers are among the most biologically diverse waterways in the world. 38% of North America's fish species, 43% of its freshwater gill-breathing snails, 51% of its freshwater turtle species, and 60% of its freshwater ...
The Sucarnoochee River is a river in Kemper County, Mississippi and Sumter County, Alabama. It originates at 32°41′56″N 88°29′05″W / 32.69877°N 88.48470°W / 32.69877; -88.48470 , near Porterville, Mississippi , and discharges into the Tombigbee River at 32°25′24″N 88°02′44″W / 32.42322°N 88.04564°W ...
Kinterbish Creek is a stream in the U.S. states of Alabama and Mississippi. [1] It is a tributary to the Tombigbee River . Kinterbish is a name derived from the Choctaw language purported to mean "beaver dam". [ 2 ]
Quilby Creek is a headwater of the Mobile River, whose source is in the U.S. state of Mississippi. The creek flows Northeast for around 4 miles (6.4 km), crossing the border into Sumter County, Alabama for the last third of its length, after which it empties into Bodka Creek. [1] Quilby is thought to be an Anglicization of the Choctaw koi ai ʋlbi.
The Missouri River is a river in the Central and Mountain West regions of the United States.The nation's longest, [13] it rises in the eastern Centennial Mountains of the Bitterroot Range of the Rocky Mountains of southwestern Montana, then flows east and south for 2,341 miles (3,767 km) [6] before entering the Mississippi River north of St. Louis, Missouri.
Sumter County was established on December 18, 1832. From 1797 to 1832, Sumter County was part of the Choctaw Nation, which was made up of four main villages. [1] The first settlers in Sumter County were French explorers who had come north from Mobile. They built and settled at Fort Tombecbee, near the modern-day town of Epes.