Big Satilla Creek is a
[U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data]
The National Map
, accessed April 21, 2011 tributary of the
Little Satilla River in the
U.S. state
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of
Georgia
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* Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia
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* Related to the ...
. It is part of the
Satilla River
The Satilla River rises in Ben Hill County, Georgia, United States, near the town of Fitzgerald, and flows in a mostly easterly direction to the Atlantic Ocean. Along its approximately U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high- ...
watershed of southeastern Georgia.
The creek rises in
Hazlehurst in
Jeff Davis County and flows south, then southeast. After leaving Jeff Davis County, it forms the boundary between
Appling and
Bacon
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counties, then Appling and
Pierce
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United States
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counties, and finally
Wayne and Pierce counties. It joins
Little Satilla Creek
The Little Satilla Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed April 21, 2011 tributary of the Little Satilla River in the U.S. state of Georgia. It is part of the Satilla ...
southwest of
Screven to form the
Little Satilla River.
See also
*
List of rivers of Georgia
References
*
*USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Georgia (1974)
Rivers of Georgia (U.S. state)
Rivers of Jeff Davis County, Georgia
Rivers of Appling County, Georgia
Rivers of Bacon County, Georgia
Rivers of Pierce County, Georgia
Rivers of Wayne County, Georgia
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