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The Choctawhatchee River is a 141-mile-long (227 km) [1] river in the southern United States, flowing through southeast Alabama and the Panhandle of Florida before emptying into Choctawhatchee Bay in Okaloosa and Walton counties. The river, the bay and their adjacent watersheds collectively drain 5,350 square miles (13,900 km 2). [2]
The Choctawhatchee River flows into the bay, as do several smaller rivers and streams. [2] [4] The tolled Mid-Bay Bridge crosses the bay, connecting the city of Destin to Niceville, Florida. The Judge Clyde B. Wells Bridge crosses the eastern part of the bay, connecting Freeport to the coast. [5] Looking westward onto Choctawhatchee Bay
Little Choctawhatchee River is a 24.0-mile-long (38.6 km) [1] river in Alabama, United States. It drains an area of 261 square miles (680 km 2) in Dale, Geneva, Henry and Houston counties. It empties into the Choctawhatchee River. Surveys of the river show it to be poor in invertebrates and high in pollutants. [2]
Outstanding Florida Waters are rivers, lakes and other water features designated by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) under authority of Section 403.061 (27), Florida Statutes as "worthy of special protection because of their natural attributes."
The Pea River is a 154-mile-long (248 km) [1] tributary of the Choctawhatchee River near Geneva, Alabama, United States. [2] It is a popular destination for those with canoes and other small boats, as well as fishermen seeking bass, sunfish, or mullet.
After three weeks of mourning, about 500 Euchees went southward to the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, embarking on their canoes at Story's Landing, near the burial site of the chief, southeast of the modern community of Red Bay in Walton County. Story's Landing is marked by a man-made marker in the Choctawhatchee River at N30° 35.979, W83° 54.911.
Choctawhatchee National Forest is a United States National Forest established by President Theodore Roosevelt on November 27, 1908. The supervisory headquarters was established at DeFuniak Springs and moved to Pensacola in September 1910.
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 ...