The Conecuh River (upper portion) and Escambia River (lower portion) are a single 258-mile-long (415 km) river in the southern United States, which flows from Alabama through Florida into the Gulf of Mexico.
| Conecuh River | |
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| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| Location | Pensacola, Florida, Brewton, Alabama, East Brewton, Alabama, Pollard, Alabama, Flomaton, Alabama, Riverview, Alabama |
| Physical characteristics | |
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| • coordinates | 32°08′14″N 85°40′43″W / 32.1371°N 85.6786°W |
| Mouth | |
• location | Gulf of Mexico |
• coordinates | 30°59′48″N 87°10′33″W / 30.9966°N 87.1758°W |
| Length | 258 mi (415 km)[1] |
The Conecuh River rises near Union Springs, Alabama and flows 198 miles (319 km)[1] in a general southwesterly direction into Florida near the town of Century. The Conecuh is dammed at two points in Covington County: at the Gantt Dam (6.57 miles north of Andalusia) and at the Point A Dam (4.23 miles northwest of Andalusia, inside the town limits of River Falls). The river's name changes from the Conecuh to the Escambia at the junction of Escambia Creek, 1.2 miles (1.9 km) downstream from the Florida-Alabama line. After this point, the Escambia River flows 60 miles (97 km)[1] south to Escambia Bay, an arm of Pensacola Bay.
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The river is dredged in the lower course.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed April 15, 2011
External links
edit`* U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Escambia River