Crooked River (Georgia)
| Crooked River | |
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| Country | United States |
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| • location | Georgia |
The Crooked River is a 26.8-mile-long (43.1 km)[1] river in Camden County in the U.S. state of Georgia.[2] Primarily tidal, it is an inlet of Cumberland Sound.
It rises in freshwater wetlands northwest of
Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base are to the south. The Crooked River ends at its junction with the Cumberland River
at the north end of Cumberland Sound.
Crooked River was so named on account of its meandering course.[3]
See also
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed April 21, 2011
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Crooked River (Georgia)
- ISBN 0-915430-00-2.
- USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Georgia (1974)
30°50′31″N 81°29′10″W / 30.84190°N 81.48621°W