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Part of the Cahaba coal fields, 1905. The Cahaba Basin is a geologic area of central Alabama developed for coal and coalbed methane (CBM) production. [1] Centered in eastern Bibb and southwestern Shelby Counties, the basin is significantly smaller in area and production than the larger Black Warrior Basin in Tuscaloosa and western Jefferson Counties to the northwest. [2]
The Cahaba River is the longest substantially free-flowing river in Alabama. [2] It is a major tributary of the Alabama River and part of the larger Mobile River basin. With headwaters near Birmingham, the Cahaba flows southwest, then at Heiberger turns southeast and joins the Alabama River at the ghost town and former Alabama capital of Cahaba in Dallas County.
The Cahaba River Wildlife Management Area is an Alabama Wildlife Management Area (WMA) operated by the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources in Bibb and Shelby Counties near West Blocton, Alabama. [1] The WMA is most notable for the long stretch of free-flowing Cahaba River within its boundaries.
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 Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge is a 3,689.63 acres (15 km 2) National Wildlife Refuge located in central Alabama, along the Cahaba River downstream from Birmingham, Alabama. The refuge was established on September 25, 2002. Additional purchases were approved that will potentially increase the size of the refuge to 7,300 acres (29.5 ...
Cahaba Basin, is a geologic area of central Alabama; Cahaba, Alabama (or Cahawba), a ghost town in, and the former capital of, Alabama; Cahaba Prison (or Cahawba Prison), a Confederate prison; Cahawba County (see Bibb County, Alabama) Cahaba Heights, Vestavia Hills a neighborhood of Vestavia Hills, Jefferson County, Alabama, United States
Cahaba, also spelled Cahawba, was the first permanent state capital of Alabama, United States, from 1820 to 1825. [2] It was the county seat of Dallas County, Alabama until 1866.
Alabama's abundant natural mineral resources include commercially viable deposits of coal, oil, natural gas, and various minerals such as limestone and marble. [12] The Cahaba Basin and Black Warrior Basin in central Alabama produce coalbed methane.