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The Flint River is a 344-mile-long (554 km) [1] river in the U.S. state of Georgia. The river drains 8,460 square miles (21,900 km 2 ) of western Georgia, flowing south from the upper Piedmont region south of Atlanta to the wetlands of the Gulf Coastal Plain in the southwestern corner of the state.
The Flint River is a 78.3-mile-long (126.0 km) river in the Flint/Tri-Cities region of Michigan in the United States.The river's headwaters are in Columbiaville in Lapeer County and flows through the counties of Lapeer, Genesee, and Saginaw.
The Flint River, 65.7 mi (105.7 km) long [3] and draining an area of 568 sq mi (1,470 km 2), is a tributary to the Tennessee River.The river rises in Lincoln County, Tennessee, and flows south into Madison County, Alabama, where most of the river's watershed (342 sq. mi.) is located.
The Flint RiverQuarium features both freshwater and saltwater river ecosystem of Southwest Georgia as well as the world. Blue Hole Spring is an open-air, 175,000-US-gallon (660,000 L), 22 ft (6.7 m) deep tank filled by a natural spring below. It exhibits the diverse life forms of the Flint River, which runs through Southwest Georgia. [4]
In 2017, American Rivers, The Conservation Fund, and the Atlanta Regional Commission hired Ryan Gravel's firm Sixpitch to bring several ideas together in an aerotropolis-wide vision for the Flint River headwaters, focusing on the restoration of the Flint. With the support of Southside native and author Hannah Palmer, the Finding the Flint was born.
Lake Chehaw is a small reservoir at the confluence of the Flint River, Kinchafoonee Creek, and Muckalee Creek. The concrete Flint River Dam was built in 1908 for hydroelectric generation and is owned by Georgia Power today. [1] Lake Chehaw is very riverine and shallow with average depths of 17 feet.
Flushing is considered a suburb of Flint. It is situated within the survey area of Flushing Charter Township, but is administratively autonomous. Flushing originated as a mill town in the mid-1830s. Its location along the Flint River, the county's largest river, was a decisive factor in its settlement.
Saginaw River watershed Swartz Creek is a 33.9-mile-long (54.6 km) [ 1 ] creek located in the Mid Michigan area in the United States . It is a tributary of the Flint River and has two branches, the East and West Branch.