Ogeechee River
Ogeechee River | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Georgia |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | United States |
Mouth | |
• coordinates | 31°50′1″N 81°1′39″W / 31.83361°N 81.02750°W |
Basin features | |
Tributaries | |
• left | Canoochee River |
The Ogeechee River is a 294-mile-long (473 km)[1] blackwater river in the U.S. state of Georgia. It heads at the confluence of its North and South Forks, about 2.5 miles (4.0 km) south-southwest of Crawfordville and flowing generally southeast to Ossabaw Sound about 16 miles (26 km) south of Savannah.[2] Its largest tributary is the Canoochee River, which drains approximately 1,400 square miles (3,600 km2) and is the only other major river in the basin.[3] The Ogeechee has a watershed of 5,540 square miles (14,300 km2). It is one of the state's few free-flowing streams.[3]
Course
The Ogeechee runs from the
Geology
Rocks
The Ogeechee River basin contains parts of the Piedmont and
Soils
The Ogeechee River watershed in Georgia crosses four major land resource areas. About 6 percent of the area lies within the Southern Piedmont MLRA, about 4 percent in the Carolina and Georgia Sand Hills MLRA, 48 percent in the Southern Coastal Plain MLRA, and 42 percent in the Atlantic Coast Flatwoods MLRA. The dominant soils in this part of the watershed have 40 to 60 inches of sandy materials overlying a loamy subsoil. Soils in the Southern Coastal Plain part of the watershed are more variable than in other parts, especially concerning their textures and water table depths.[4]
History
See also
- South Atlantic-Gulf Water Resource Region
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 26, 2011
- ^ "Ogeechee River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ a b "Ogeechee River". Archived from the original on December 3, 2013. Retrieved November 30, 2013.
- ^ a b "Ogeechee River Basin Management Plan 2001: Section 2 River Basin Characteristics" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 15, 2010. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
- ^ Benke, Arthur C.; Cushing, Colbert E. (2011). Rivers of North America.
- ISBN 978-0-8061-3598-4. Retrieved 11 April 2011.