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The Perdido River, also historically known as Rio Perdido or by its native name of Cassaba, [1] [2] is a 65.4-mile-long (105.3 km) [3] river in the U.S. states of Alabama and Florida; the Perdido, a designated Outstanding Florida Waters river, forms part of the boundary between the two states along nearly its entire length and drains into the Gulf of Mexico.
Blackwater River is a 30.3-mile-long (48.8 km) [1] river in Baldwin County, Alabama. The Blackwater River originates at 30°38′24″N 87°42′08″W / 30.63991°N 87.70221°W / 30.63991; -87.70221 near Loxley , and discharges into the Perdido River at 30°28′57″N 87°26′07″W / 30.48241°N 87.43525°W / 30. ...
The original waterway from the old Perdido Pass to Perdido Bay became known as Old River. A passage later opened from the western end of Old River to the Bayou St. John near the new Perdido Pass, separating what is now Ono Island from Perdido Key. The spit ending on the west side of Perdido Pass is now known as Alabama Point.
Perdido Bay is a bay at the mouth of and draining the Perdido River, a designated Outstanding Florida Waters river, in Baldwin County, Alabama and Escambia County, Florida, United States. It is essentially a coastal lagoon enclosed by barrier islands , with an inlet , Perdido Pass .
Perdido Key is an unincorporated community located in Escambia County, Florida, United States, between the cities of Pensacola, Florida and Orange Beach, Alabama. [1] The community is located on and named for Perdido Key, a barrier island in northwest Florida and southeast Alabama. "Perdido" means "lost" in the Spanish and Portuguese languages. [2]
The Pearl River, with its branch that flowed into the Rigolets, formed the eastern boundary of the republic. [28] A military expedition from the republic attempted but failed to capture the Spanish outpost at Mobile, which was situated between the Pearl and the Perdido River, farther to the east.
Perdido Pass, separating Alabama Point from Florida Point, is the mouth of the Perdido River.Perdido Pass forms a water passage that connects Perdido Bay with the Gulf of Mexico to the south, in the U.S. state of Alabama, 2 miles (3 km) west of the Alabama/Florida state line.
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