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Köppen climate types of Alabama, using 1991–2020 climate normals. The state of Alabama is classified as humid subtropical (Cfa) under the Köppen climate classification. [1] The state's average annual temperature is 64 °F (18 °C).
The Walter F. George Lake, named for Walter F. George (1878–1957), a United States senator from Georgia, is formed on the Chattahoochee River along the state line between Alabama and Georgia. It is also widely known by the name, Lake Eufaula – particularly in Alabama, where the state legislature passed a resolution on June 25, 1963, to give ...
Lake Martin is located in Tallapoosa, Elmore and Coosa counties in Alabama.It is a 44,000-acre (178 km 2) reservoir with over 750 miles (1,200 km) of wooded shoreline.Lake Martin is a reservoir, enlarged by the construction of Martin Dam on the Tallapoosa River.
In 2016, the United States Environmental Protection Agency released an assessment of the effect of climate change on Alabama, assessing various likely outcomes, noting that "[c]hanging the climate is likely to increase damages from tropical storms, reduce crop yields, harm livestock, increase the number of unpleasantly hot days, and increase the risk of heat stroke and other heat-related ...
Lake Wedowee, or R. L. Harris Reservoir, is a reservoir, located in Randolph County, Alabama on the upper part of the Tallapoosa River 90 miles (140 km) from Atlanta, Georgia. [1] The lake has an area of 9,870 acres (39.9 km 2). [2] This lake was built at one of the last hydro sites in Alabama.
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Dog River is a brackish river - a mixture of fresh and saltwater. Also known to be a shallow river with the average depth at around 9–12 feet deep with some areas along the wetlands being only 1–2 feet at mid-tide. There are both fresh and salt water fish species including bass, bream, mullet, redfish, croakers, speckled trout and flounder.
The average annual temperature is highest in the southwest along the coast, and lowest in the northeast among the highlands. Thus at Mobile the annual mean is 67 °F (19 °C), the mean for the summer 81 °F (27 °C), and for the winter 52 °F (11 °C); and at Valley Head, in De Kalb county, the annual mean is 59 °F (15 °C), the mean for the ...