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Map of the Altamaha River system with Oconee highlighted. The Oconee River is a 220-mile-long (350 km) [1] river in the U.S. state of Georgia.Its origin is in Hall County and it terminates where it joins the Ocmulgee River to form the Altamaha River near Lumber City at the borders of Montgomery County, Wheeler County, and Jeff Davis County.
Watersheds of North America are large drainage basins which drain to separate oceans, seas, gulfs, or endorheic basins. There are six generally recognized hydro-logical continental divides which divide the continent into seven principal drainage basins spanning three oceans ( Arctic , Atlantic and Pacific ) and one endorheic basin.
Following is a list of dams and reservoirs in North Dakota. All major dams are linked below. The National Inventory of Dams defines any "major dam" as being 50 feet (15 m) tall with a storage capacity of at least 5,000 acre-feet (6,200,000 m 3 ), or of any height with a storage capacity of 25,000 acre-feet (31,000,000 m 3 ).
Mackay River; Medway River; Middle Oconee River; Mountain Oak Creek; Muckalee Creek; Mud River; Mulberry Creek; Mulberry River; Nancy Creek; New River (Chattahoochee River tributary) New River (Withlacoochee River tributary) Noonday Creek; North Newport River; North Oconee River; North River (Darien River tributary) North River (St. Marys River ...
Watershed delineation is the process of identifying the boundary of a watershed, also referred to as a catchment, drainage basin, or river basin. It is an important step in many areas of environmental science, engineering, and management, for example to study flooding, aquatic habitat, or water pollution.
The Altamaha River / ˈ ɑː l t ə m ə h ɑː / is a major river in the U.S. state of Georgia.It flows generally eastward for 137 miles (220 km) from its origin at the confluence of the Oconee River and Ocmulgee River towards the Atlantic Ocean, where it empties into the ocean near Brunswick, Georgia.
First proposed in 1997, built in response to the growing controversy over the Tri-state water dispute, the State of Georgia with its 52 watershed regions drains primarily into either the Gulf of Mexico, or the Atlantic, with the reservoir existing in the Upper Oconee River watershed, which ultimately drains into the latter. [2]
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