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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.
The river's source is formed at an elevation of around 530 feet above sea level. [1] The Ocmulgee River flows from the dam southeast past Macon, which was founded on the Fall Line. It joins the Oconee from the northwest (241 miles downstream from Jackson Lake) to form the Altamaha near Lumber City. [1]
Altamaha River • average: 31.78 cu ft/s (0.900 m 3 /s) at mouth with Altamaha River [3] Basin features; Progression: Altamaha River → Altamaha Sound → Atlantic ...
Altamaha drainage basin. Altamaha River. Ohoopee River. Little Ohoopee River; Ocmulgee River. ... Both flow into swamps. One is in the Savannah River watershed, the ...
It would be a "riverman's moniker" referencing the Bight as a particularly troublesome bend in the river, with associated dangerous currents, where a pilot and crew might lose "their wages, their timber, and occasionally their lives". [3] [4] So it is most likely that Old Hell Bight was named first, then influenced the naming of the adjacent lake.
The Altamaha River system. The Oconee River, home to the core chiefdoms of Ocute, is highlighted. It meets with the Ocmulgee River (home to Ichisi) to form the Altamaha (home to the Guale) Ocute was a sizable paramount chiefdom, a political organization in which multiple chiefdoms are subsumed under one political order. [1]
The coastal drainage and associated waters from and including the Altamaha River Basin to the St. Johns River Basin boundary. Located in Florida and Georgia. 20,785 sq mi (53,830 km 2) HUC0307: 0308 St. Johns Subregion: The coastal drainage and associated waters from and including the St. Johns River Basin to St. Lucie Inlet. Located in Florida.
The Ohoopee River rises in Washington County, about 2 miles (3 km) south of Tennille, and flows generally southeastwardly, through or along the boundaries of Johnson, Emanuel, Treutlen, Candler, Toombs and Tattnall Counties. It joins the Altamaha River 13 miles (21 km) south of Reidsville.