List of
river
A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of wate ...
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Georgia (U.S. state)
Georgia is a state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee and North Carolina; to the northeast by South Carolina; to the southeast by the Atlantic Ocean; to the south by ...
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drainage basin
A drainage basin is an area of land where all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, t ...
This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name.
Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the " Old World" of Africa, Europe ...
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Savannah River
The Savannah River is a major river in the southeastern United States, forming most of the border between the states of South Carolina and Georgia. Two tributaries of the Savannah, the Tugaloo River and the Chattooga River, form the norther ...
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Abercorn Creek
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Black Creek
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Knoxboro Creek
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Ebenezer Creek
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Brier Creek
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Little River
Little River may refer to several places:
Australia Streams New South Wales
*Little River (Dubbo), source in the Dubbo region, a tributary of the Macquarie River
* Little River (Oberon), source in the Oberon Shire, a tributary of Coxs River (Haw ...
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Hudson River
The Hudson River is a river that flows from north to south primarily through eastern New York. It originates in the Adirondack Mountains of Upstate New York and flows southward through the Hudson Valley to the New York Harbor between N ...
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Tugaloo River
The Tugaloo River (originally Tugalo River) is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed April 26, 2011 river that forms the border between the U.S. states of Georgia and South C ...
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Chattooga River
The Chattooga River (also spelled Chatooga, Chatuga, and Chautaga, variant name Guinekelokee River) is the main tributary of the Tugaloo River.
Water course
The headwaters of the Chattooga River are located southwest of Cashiers, North Carolin ...
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Tallulah River :''This article refers to the river. For the town, see Tallulah Falls, Georgia, for the lake, see Tallulah Falls Lake and for the waterfalls and gorge, see Tallulah Gorge.''
The Tallulah River () is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography ...
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Coleman River
Coleman River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed April 26, 2011 stream that is located in the Blue Ridge Mountains, mostly within Rabun County, Georgia. It is one of ...
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Toccoa Creek
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Broad River
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Bull River
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Shad River
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Halfmoon River
The Halfmoon River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed April 26, 2011 tidal river in the U.S. state of Georgia. It flows through saltmarshes connected to Wilmington Island ...
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Wilmington River
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Skidaway River
The Skidaway River is an U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed April 26, 2011 tidal river in the U.S. state of Georgia. It is located in Chatham County southeast of Savannah. ...
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Herb River
The Herb River is an tidal river in the U.S. state of Georgia. It is located in Chatham County, near the southeastern edge of Savannah. It connects with the Wilmington River to the north and the Moon River to the south, and it separates the mai ...
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Odingsell River
The Odingsell River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed April 26, 2011 tidal river in the U.S. state of Georgia. It flows into Ossabaw Sound just north of the mouth of t ...
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Ogeechee
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Little Ogeechee River (Chatham County)
The Little Ogeechee River in Chatham County is one of two rivers by that name in the U.S. state of Georgia. Rising in southern Effingham County, the Little Ogeechee flows to the southeast and enters Chatham County, where it becomes tidal in the ...
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Vernon River
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Canoochee River
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Williamson Swamp Creek
The Williamson Swamp Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed April 26, 2011 tributary of the Ogeechee River in the U.S. state of Georgia
Georgia most commonly refers ...
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Rocky Comfort Creek
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Little Ogeechee River (Hancock County)
The Little Ogeechee River in Hancock County, Georgia, Hancock County is one of two rivers with that name in the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. It rises in Hancock County northeast of Sparta, Georgia, Sparta and flows southeast into Wa ...
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Bear River
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Medway River
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Belfast River
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Tivoli River
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Laurel View River
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Jerico River
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North Newport River
The North Newport River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed April 26, 2011 tidal river in Liberty County in the U.S. state of Georgia. It rises just west of Interstat ...
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South Newport River
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Sapelo River
The Sapelo River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed April 26, 2011 primarily tidal river in McIntosh County, Georgia, McIntosh County in the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. s ...
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Broro River
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Mud River
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Crescent River
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Duplin River
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North River
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South River
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Darien River
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Altamaha River
The Altamaha River is a major river in the U.S. state of Georgia. It flows generally eastward for 137 miles (220 km) from its origin at the confluence of the Oconee River and Ocmulgee River towards the Atlantic Ocean, where it empties ...
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Ohoopee River
The Ohoopee River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed April 21, 2011 river in east-central Georgia in the United States. It is a tributary of the Altamaha River, which ...
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Little Ohoopee River
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Ocmulgee River
The Ocmulgee River () is a western tributary of the Altamaha River, approximately 255 mi (410 km) long, in the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. It is the westernmost major tributary of the Altamaha.[Little Ocmulgee River
The Little Ocmulgee River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed April 21, 2011 tributary of the Ocmulgee River in the U.S. state of Georgia
Georgia most commonly refers t ...]
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Alligator Creek
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Gum Swamp Creek
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Tobesofkee Creek
Tobesofkee Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed April 21, 2011 river in Georgia. It originates near Barnesville and flows roughly southeast across Lamar, Monroe, ...
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Swift Creek
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Towaliga River
The Towaliga River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed April 21, 2011 tributary of the Ocmulgee River in central Georgia. The Towaliga begins in Henry County and passes ...
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Alcovy River
The Alcovy River (pronunciation: al-CO-vee) is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed April 21, 2011 tributary of the Ocmulgee River in north-central Georgia (U.S. state), Geo ...
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South River
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Walnut Creek
A walnut is the edible seed of a drupe of any tree of the genus ''Juglans'' (family Juglandaceae), particularly the Persian or English walnut, ''Juglans regia''.
Although culinarily considered a "nut" and used as such, it is not a true bo ...
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Yellow River
The Yellow River or Huang He (Chinese: , Standard Beijing Mandarin, Mandarin: ''Huáng hé'' ) is the second-longest river in China, after the Yangtze River, and the List of rivers by length, sixth-longest river system in the world at th ...
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Oconee River
The Oconee River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map Accessed April 21, 2011 river in the U.S. state of Georgia. Its origin is in Hall County and it terminates where it joins ...
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Little River
Little River may refer to several places:
Australia Streams New South Wales
*Little River (Dubbo), source in the Dubbo region, a tributary of the Macquarie River
* Little River (Oberon), source in the Oberon Shire, a tributary of Coxs River (Haw ...
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Apalachee River
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Middle Oconee River
The Oconee River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map Accessed April 21, 2011 river in the U.S. state of Georgia. Its origin is in Hall County and it terminates where it joins ...
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Mulberry River
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North Oconee River
The Oconee River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map Accessed April 21, 2011 river in the U.S. state of Georgia. Its origin is in Hall County and it terminates where it joins ...
** Butler River
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Hampton River
The Hampton River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed April 1, 2011 tidal estuary which empties into Hampton Roads near its mouth. Hampton Roads in turn empties into th ...
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Frederica River
The Frederica River is an U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed April 21, 2011 tidal river in Glynn County, Georgia. It forms the western boundary of Saint Simons Island of the ...
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Mackay River Mackay may refer to:
*Clan Mackay, the Scottish clan from which the surname "MacKay" derives
Mackay may also refer to:
Places Australia
* Mackay Region, a local government area
** Mackay, Queensland, a city in the above region
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Brunswick River
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Turtle River
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Buffalo River
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Little Satilla River
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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- ...
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Little Satilla River
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Big Satilla Creek
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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 ...
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Alabaha River
The Alabaha River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed April 21, 2011 tributary of the Satilla River in the U.S. state of Georgia
Georgia most commonly refers to:
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Seventeen Mile River
Seventeen Mile River is a stream in the U.S. state of Georgia. It is a tributary to 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 ...
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Cumberland River
The Cumberland River is a major waterway of the Southern United States. The U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed June 8, 2011 river drains almost of southern Kentucky and ...
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Crooked River
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St. Marys River
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North River
Gulf of Mexico
The Gulf of Mexico ( es, Golfo de México) is an oceanic basin, ocean basin and a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean, largely surrounded by the North American continent. It is bounded on the northeast, north and northwest by the Gulf Coast of ...
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Suwannee River
The Suwannee River (also spelled Suwanee River) is a river that runs through south Georgia southward into Florida in the southern United States. It is a wild blackwater river, about long.U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset hig ...
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Withlacoochee River
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Okapilco Creek
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Little River
Little River may refer to several places:
Australia Streams New South Wales
*Little River (Dubbo), source in the Dubbo region, a tributary of the Macquarie River
* Little River (Oberon), source in the Oberon Shire, a tributary of Coxs River (Haw ...
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New River
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Alapaha River
The Alapaha River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed April 18, 2011 river in southern Georgia and northern Florida in the United States. It is a tributary of the S ...
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Alapahoochee River
The Alapahoochee River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed April 18, 2011 tributary of the Alapaha River in Georgia and Florida in the United States. Via the Alapaha a ...
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Willacoochee River
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Suwannoochee Creek
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Okefenokee Swamp
The Okefenokee Swamp is a shallow, 438,000-acre (177,000 ha), peat-filled wetland straddling the Georgia–Florida line in the United States. A majority of the swamp is protected by the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge and the Okefenokee ...
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Black River
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Gum Swamp
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Aucilla River
The Aucilla River rises in Brooks County, Georgia, USA, close to Thomasville, and passes through the Big Bend region of Florida, emptying into the Gulf of Mexico at Apalachee Bay. Some early maps called it the Ocilla River. It is long and ha ...
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Ochlockonee River
The Ochlockonee River ( ) is a fast running river, except where it has been dammed to form Lake Talquin in Florida, originating in Georgia and flowing for before terminating in Florida.
Background
The name is from the Hitchiti language words ...
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Little Ochlockonee River
There are two streams named the Little Ochlockonee River in southern Georgia in the United States. Both are tributaries of the Ochlockonee River
The Ochlockonee River ( ) is a fast running river, except where it has been dammed to form Lake Tal ...
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Apalachicola River
The Apalachicola River is a river, approximately 160 mi (180 km) long in the state of Florida. The river's large watershed, known as the ACF River Basin, drains an area of approximately into the Gulf of Mexico. The distance to its fa ...
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Chattahoochee River
The Chattahoochee River forms the southern half of the Alabama and Georgia border, as well as a portion of the Florida - Georgia border. It is a tributary of the Apalachicola River, a relatively short river formed by the confluence of the Chatta ...
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Sawhatchee Creek
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Pataula Creek
Pataula Creek is a stream in Clay, Quitman,
Randolph and Stewart counties in the U.S. state of Georgia. It empties into Walter F. George Lake on the Chattahoochee River.
Pataula is a name most likely derived from the Muskogean language
Musk ...
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Hannahatchee Creek
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Upatoi Creek
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Bull Creek
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Mulberry Creek
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Mountain Oak Creek
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Flat Shoal Creek
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Yellowjacket Creek
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Beech Creek
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New River
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Caney Creek
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Dog River Dog River may refer to:
Canada
*Dog River (Ontario), a river in Thunder Bay District, Ontario
* Dog River (Manitoba), a river in Northern Region, Manitoba
* Dog River, Saskatchewan, a fictional setting for the television series ''Corner Gas''
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Camp Creek
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Sweetwater Creek
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Noses Creek
Noses Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed April 15, 2011 stream in Cobb County, Georgia, USA. It is a significant tributary of the much larger Sweetwater Creek, ...
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Peachtree Creek
Peachtree Creek is a major stream in Atlanta. It flows for U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed April 15, 2011 almost due west into the Chattahoochee River just south of Vin ...
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Nancy Creek
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Sope Creek
Sope Creek is an U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed April 15, 2011 stream located in Cobb County, Georgia, United States. It is a significant tributary of the Chattahooc ...
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Sewell Mill Creek
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Willeo Creek Willeo Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed April 15, 2011 stream in the U.S. state of Georgia, and is located in the north-northwestern part of metro Atlanta. It i ...
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Vickery Creek
Big Creek or Vickery Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed April 15, 2011 stream in Forsyth and Fulton counties in Georgia. The creek mouth into the Chattahoochee R ...
(Big Creek tributary)
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Hog Wallow Creek
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Foe Killer Creek
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Crooked Creek Crooked Creek may refer to:
Streams In Australia
* Crooked Creek (Clyde River), a tributary of the Clyde River in New South Wales
* Crooked Creek (Walsh River), a tributary of the Walsh River in Queensland
In the United States
* Crooked Cree ...
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Johns Creek (Chattahoochee River tributary)
Johns Creek is an stream which begins in southern Forsyth County, Georgia and runs south-southwestward through the eastern part of northern Fulton County, Georgia (formerly the separate Milton County). It is a tributary of the Chattahoochee R ...
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Chestatee River The Chestatee River (variant spellings Chestatie, Chestetee, Chostatee, Chosteta, Chestotee; none in modern use) is a file geodatabase (GDB) at ftp://rockyftp.cr.usgs.gov/vdelivery/Datasets/Staged/Hydro/FileGDB101/ river in the Appalachian Mountain ...
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Tesnatee Creek
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Soque River
The Soque River (Cherokee: ᏐᏈ) (Soquee River per 1972 Board on Geographic Names decision) and its watershed are located entirely within the county boundaries of Habersham County in northeast Georgia. The Soque is a tributary of the Chattahoo ...
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Hazel Creek
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Lick Log Creek
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Law Creek
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Little Hazel Creek
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Deep Creek
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Liberty Creek
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Shoal Creek
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Alley Creek
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Flint River
The Flint River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed April 15, 2011 river in the U.S. state of Georgia. The river drains of western Georgia, flowing south from the u ...
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Spring Creek
A spring creek is a type of free flowing river whose name derives from its origin: an underground spring or set of springs which produces sufficient water to consistently feed a unique river. The water flowing in a spring creek may additionally be ...
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Ichawaynochaway Creek Ichawaynochaway Creek is a creek in southwest Georgia. It rises near Weston in two forks and flows south-southeasterly for , joining the Flint River southwest of Newton.
''Ichawaynochaway'' was a Muskogee word that may have referred to either be ...
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Kinchafoonee Creek Kinchafoonee Creek ( ) is a creek in southwest Georgia. It originates near Buena Vista and flows southeasterly for to the Flint River near Albany, Georgia.
Its name comes from the Creek word for "mortar nutshells", which refers to a type of nutc ...
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Muckalee Creek Muckalee Creek (pronounced MUHK-uh-lee) is a creek in southwest Georgia (U.S. state). It originates southeast of Buena Vista and flows south-southeast for U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe Nation ...
*''Mobile River (AL)''
**''Alabama River (AL)''
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Coosa River
The Coosa River is a tributary of the Alabama River in the U.S. states of Alabama and Georgia. The river is about long.U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed April 27, 2011
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Chattooga River
The Chattooga River (also spelled Chatooga, Chatuga, and Chautaga, variant name Guinekelokee River) is the main tributary of the Tugaloo River.
Water course
The headwaters of the Chattooga River are located southwest of Cashiers, North Carolin ...
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Etowah River
The Etowah River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed April 27, 2011 waterway that rises northwest of Dahlonega, Georgia, north of Atlanta. On Matthew Carey's 1795 ...
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Little River
Little River may refer to several places:
Australia Streams New South Wales
*Little River (Dubbo), source in the Dubbo region, a tributary of the Macquarie River
* Little River (Oberon), source in the Oberon Shire, a tributary of Coxs River (Haw ...
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Noonday Creek Noonday Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed April 27, 2011 stream in Cobb and Cherokee counties in the U.S. state of Georgia. The stream begins near Kennesaw Mounta ...
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Dykes Creek
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Oostanaula River
The Oostanaula River (pronounced "oo-stuh-NA-luh") is a principal tributary of the Coosa River, about long,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed April 27, 2011 formed by the co ...
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Johns Creek (Oostanaula River tributary)
Johns Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. It is a tributary of the Oostanaula River and was named in honor of John Fields, a local Cherokee Indian.
Course
Johns Creek originates on the eastern slope of Johns Mou ...
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Alan Creek
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Conasauga River
The Conasauga River is a river that runs through southeast Tennessee and northwest Georgia. The Conasauga River is longU.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed April 27, 2011 an ...
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Jacks River
The Jacks River or Jack's Fork (of the Conasauga River) is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map , accessed April 27, 2011 river in the Cohutta Wilderness Area of northwest Georgia, ...
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Coosawattee River
The Coosawattee River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed April 27, 2011 river located in northwestern Georgia, United States.
Description
The river is noted as begi ...
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Cartecay River
The Cartecay River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed April 27, 2011 river that runs into Ellijay, Georgia in Gilmer County. It is the site of a class II whitewater ru ...
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Ellijay River
The Ellijay River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map , accessed April 27, 2011 river in Georgia. It ends in the town of Ellijay at its confluence with the Cartecay River, formin ...
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Tallapoosa River
The Tallapoosa River runs U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed April 27, 2011 from the southern end of the Appalachian Mountains in Georgia, United States, southward and wes ...
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Little Tallapoosa River
Little Tallapoosa River is a river in Georgia and Alabama, in the United States. It rises in northern Carroll County, Georgia near the city of Villa Rica and flows southwest into Alabama, joining the Tallapoosa River in Randolph County near the ...
*''Mississippi River''
**''Ohio River''
***''Tennessee River (TN)''
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Hiwassee River
The Hiwassee River has its headwaters on the north slope of Rocky Mountain in Towns County in the northern area of the State of Georgia. It flows northward into North Carolina before turning westward into Tennessee, flowing into the Tennessee Riv ...
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Toccoa River
The Toccoa River and Ocoee River are the names in use for a single river that flows northwestward through the southern Appalachian Mountains of the southeastern United States. It is a tributary of the Hiwassee River, which it joins in Polk Coun ...
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Nottely River
The Nottely River is a river in the United States. The river originates in the Blue Ridge Mountains in northern Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. The river flows for U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataT ...
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Little Tennessee River
The Little Tennessee River is a tributary of the Tennessee River that flows through the Blue Ridge Mountains from Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, into North Carolina, and then into Tennessee, in the southeastern United States. It drains portio ...
Miscellaneous
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River Styx
In Greek mythology, Styx (; grc, Στύξ ) is a river that forms the boundary between Earth (Gaia) and the Underworld. The rivers Acheron, Cocytus, Lethe, Phlegethon, and Styx all converge at the centre of the underworld on a great marsh, whic ...
- Georgia has two very small rivers named after the mythical
Styx
In Greek mythology, Styx (; grc, Στύξ ) is a river that forms the boundary between Earth (Gaia) and the Underworld. The rivers Acheron, Cocytus, Lethe, Phlegethon, and Styx all converge at the centre of the underworld on a great marsh, whic ...
. Both flow into swamps. One is in the Savannah River watershed, the other is in the St. Marys River watershed.
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Alabaha River
The Alabaha River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed April 21, 2011 tributary of the Satilla River in the U.S. state of Georgia
Georgia most commonly refers to:
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Alan Creek
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Alapaha River
The Alapaha River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed April 18, 2011 river in southern Georgia and northern Florida in the United States. It is a tributary of the S ...
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Alapahoochee River
The Alapahoochee River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed April 18, 2011 tributary of the Alapaha River in Georgia and Florida in the United States. Via the Alapaha a ...
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Alcovy River
The Alcovy River (pronunciation: al-CO-vee) is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed April 21, 2011 tributary of the Ocmulgee River in north-central Georgia (U.S. state), Geo ...
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Alley Creek
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Allez River
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Alligator Creek
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Altamaha River
The Altamaha River is a major river in the U.S. state of Georgia. It flows generally eastward for 137 miles (220 km) from its origin at the confluence of the Oconee River and Ocmulgee River towards the Atlantic Ocean, where it empties ...
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Apalachee River
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Aucilla River
The Aucilla River rises in Brooks County, Georgia, USA, close to Thomasville, and passes through the Big Bend region of Florida, emptying into the Gulf of Mexico at Apalachee Bay. Some early maps called it the Ocilla River. It is long and ha ...
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Ball Creek
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Bear River
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Beech Creek
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Belfast River
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Big Satilla Creek
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Big Satilla River
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Black Creek (Ogeechee River tributary) Black Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. It is a tributary to the Ogeechee River.
Black Creek's name is an accurate preservation of its native Muscogee, Creek name, ''Weelustee'' ("black water"). A variant name wa ...
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Black Creek (Savannah River tributary)
Black Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed April 26, 2011 tributary of the Savannah River. It is located in Effingham and Chatham counties in the Greater Savanna ...
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Black River
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Brier Creek
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Broad River
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Broro River
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Brunswick River
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Buffalo River
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Bull Creek
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Bull River
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Camp Creek
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Caney Creek
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Canoochee River
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Cartecay River
The Cartecay River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed April 27, 2011 river that runs into Ellijay, Georgia in Gilmer County. It is the site of a class II whitewater ru ...
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Chattahoochee River
The Chattahoochee River forms the southern half of the Alabama and Georgia border, as well as a portion of the Florida - Georgia border. It is a tributary of the Apalachicola River, a relatively short river formed by the confluence of the Chatta ...
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Chattooga River
The Chattooga River (also spelled Chatooga, Chatuga, and Chautaga, variant name Guinekelokee River) is the main tributary of the Tugaloo River.
Water course
The headwaters of the Chattooga River are located southwest of Cashiers, North Carolin ...
, the northeast boundary with South Carolina
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Chattooga River (Alabama-Georgia)
The Chattooga River (also spelled Chatooga, Chatuga, and Chautaga, variant name Guinekelokee River) is the main tributary of the Tugaloo River.
Water course
The headwaters of the Chattooga River are located southwest of Cashiers, North Carolin ...
, in northwest Georgia
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Chestatee River The Chestatee River (variant spellings Chestatie, Chestetee, Chostatee, Chosteta, Chestotee; none in modern use) is a file geodatabase (GDB) at ftp://rockyftp.cr.usgs.gov/vdelivery/Datasets/Staged/Hydro/FileGDB101/ river in the Appalachian Mountain ...
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Coleman River
Coleman River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed April 26, 2011 stream that is located in the Blue Ridge Mountains, mostly within Rabun County, Georgia. It is one of ...
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Coleoatchee Creek
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Conasauga River
The Conasauga River is a river that runs through southeast Tennessee and northwest Georgia. The Conasauga River is longU.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed April 27, 2011 an ...
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Coosa River
The Coosa River is a tributary of the Alabama River in the U.S. states of Alabama and Georgia. The river is about long.U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed April 27, 2011
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Coosawattee River
The Coosawattee River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed April 27, 2011 river located in northwestern Georgia, United States.
Description
The river is noted as begi ...
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Crescent River
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Crooked Creek Crooked Creek may refer to:
Streams In Australia
* Crooked Creek (Clyde River), a tributary of the Clyde River in New South Wales
* Crooked Creek (Walsh River), a tributary of the Walsh River in Queensland
In the United States
* Crooked Cree ...
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Crooked River
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Cumberland River
The Cumberland River is a major waterway of the Southern United States. The U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed June 8, 2011 river drains almost of southern Kentucky and ...
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Darien River
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Deep Creek
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Dog River Dog River may refer to:
Canada
*Dog River (Ontario), a river in Thunder Bay District, Ontario
* Dog River (Manitoba), a river in Northern Region, Manitoba
* Dog River, Saskatchewan, a fictional setting for the television series ''Corner Gas''
Uni ...
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Duplin River
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Dykes Creek
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Ebenezer Creek
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Ellijay River
The Ellijay River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map , accessed April 27, 2011 river in Georgia. It ends in the town of Ellijay at its confluence with the Cartecay River, formin ...
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Etowah River
The Etowah River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed April 27, 2011 waterway that rises northwest of Dahlonega, Georgia, north of Atlanta. On Matthew Carey's 1795 ...
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Flat Shoal Creek
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Flint River
The Flint River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed April 15, 2011 river in the U.S. state of Georgia. The river drains of western Georgia, flowing south from the u ...
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Foe Killer Creek
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Frederica River
The Frederica River is an U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed April 21, 2011 tidal river in Glynn County, Georgia. It forms the western boundary of Saint Simons Island of the ...
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Gum Swamp Creek
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Halfmoon River
The Halfmoon River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed April 26, 2011 tidal river in the U.S. state of Georgia. It flows through saltmarshes connected to Wilmington Island ...
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Hampton River
The Hampton River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed April 1, 2011 tidal estuary which empties into Hampton Roads near its mouth. Hampton Roads in turn empties into th ...
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Hannahatchee Creek
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Hazel Creek
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Herb River
The Herb River is an tidal river in the U.S. state of Georgia. It is located in Chatham County, near the southeastern edge of Savannah. It connects with the Wilmington River to the north and the Moon River to the south, and it separates the mai ...
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Hiwassee River
The Hiwassee River has its headwaters on the north slope of Rocky Mountain in Towns County in the northern area of the State of Georgia. It flows northward into North Carolina before turning westward into Tennessee, flowing into the Tennessee Riv ...
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Hog Wallow Creek
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Hudson River (Georgia)
The Hudson River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map , accessed April 26, 2011 tributary of the Broad River in the U.S. state of Georgia. Via the Broad River, it is part of the S ...
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Ichawaynochaway Creek Ichawaynochaway Creek is a creek in southwest Georgia. It rises near Weston in two forks and flows south-southeasterly for , joining the Flint River southwest of Newton.
''Ichawaynochaway'' was a Muskogee word that may have referred to either be ...
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Jacks River
The Jacks River or Jack's Fork (of the Conasauga River) is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map , accessed April 27, 2011 river in the Cohutta Wilderness Area of northwest Georgia, ...
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Jerico River
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Johns Creek (Chattahoochee River tributary)
Johns Creek is an stream which begins in southern Forsyth County, Georgia and runs south-southwestward through the eastern part of northern Fulton County, Georgia (formerly the separate Milton County). It is a tributary of the Chattahoochee R ...
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Johns Creek (Oostanaula River tributary)
Johns Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. It is a tributary of the Oostanaula River and was named in honor of John Fields, a local Cherokee Indian.
Course
Johns Creek originates on the eastern slope of Johns Mou ...
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Kettle Creek
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Kinchafoonee Creek Kinchafoonee Creek ( ) is a creek in southwest Georgia. It originates near Buena Vista and flows southeasterly for to the Flint River near Albany, Georgia.
Its name comes from the Creek word for "mortar nutshells", which refers to a type of nutc ...
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Knoxboro Creek
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Laurel View River
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Law Creek
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Liberty Creek
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Lick Log Creek
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Little Hazel Creek
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Little Ochlockonee River
There are two streams named the Little Ochlockonee River in southern Georgia in the United States. Both are tributaries of the Ochlockonee River
The Ochlockonee River ( ) is a fast running river, except where it has been dammed to form Lake Tal ...
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Little Ocmulgee River
The Little Ocmulgee River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed April 21, 2011 tributary of the Ocmulgee River in the U.S. state of Georgia
Georgia most commonly refers t ...
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Little Ogeechee River (Chatham County)
The Little Ogeechee River in Chatham County is one of two rivers by that name in the U.S. state of Georgia. Rising in southern Effingham County, the Little Ogeechee flows to the southeast and enters Chatham County, where it becomes tidal in the ...
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Little Ogeechee River (Hancock County)
The Little Ogeechee River in Hancock County, Georgia, Hancock County is one of two rivers with that name in the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. It rises in Hancock County northeast of Sparta, Georgia, Sparta and flows southeast into Wa ...
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Little Ohoopee River
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Little River (Columbia County, Georgia)
The Little River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed April 26, 2011 tributary of the Savannah River in the U.S. state of Georgia
Georgia most commonly refers to:
* Geo ...
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Little River (Etowah River tributary)
The Little River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed April 27, 2011 tributary of the Etowah River in the U.S. state of Georgia in the United States.
The Little River is ...
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Little River (Oconee River tributary)
The Little River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed April 21, 2011 tributary of the Oconee River in the U.S. state of Georgia. It rises in Walton County near the city o ...
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Little River (Withlacoochee River tributary)
The Little River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed April 18, 2011 tributary of the Withlacoochee River in the U.S. state of Georgia. Via the Withlacoochee and the Su ...
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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 ...
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Little Satilla River
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Little Tallapoosa River
Little Tallapoosa River is a river in Georgia and Alabama, in the United States. It rises in northern Carroll County, Georgia near the city of Villa Rica and flows southwest into Alabama, joining the Tallapoosa River in Randolph County near the ...
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Little Tennessee River
The Little Tennessee River is a tributary of the Tennessee River that flows through the Blue Ridge Mountains from Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, into North Carolina, and then into Tennessee, in the southeastern United States. It drains portio ...
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Mackay River Mackay may refer to:
*Clan Mackay, the Scottish clan from which the surname "MacKay" derives
Mackay may also refer to:
Places Australia
* Mackay Region, a local government area
** Mackay, Queensland, a city in the above region
*** Mackay Airport ...
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Medway River
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Middle Oconee River
The Oconee River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map Accessed April 21, 2011 river in the U.S. state of Georgia. Its origin is in Hall County and it terminates where it joins ...
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Mountain Oak Creek
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Muckalee Creek Muckalee Creek (pronounced MUHK-uh-lee) is a creek in southwest Georgia (U.S. state). It originates southeast of Buena Vista and flows south-southeast for U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe Nation ...
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Mud River
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Mulberry Creek
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Mulberry River
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Nancy Creek
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New River (Chattahoochee River tributary)
The New River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed April 15, 2011 tributary of the Chattahoochee River in Coweta and Heard counties in the U.S. state of Georgia. Rising ...
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New River (Withlacoochee River tributary)
The New River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed April 18, 2011 tributary of the Withlacoochee River in the U.S. state of Georgia. Via the Withlacoochee and Suwannee r ...
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Noonday Creek Noonday Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed April 27, 2011 stream in Cobb and Cherokee counties in the U.S. state of Georgia. The stream begins near Kennesaw Mounta ...
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North Newport River
The North Newport River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed April 26, 2011 tidal river in Liberty County in the U.S. state of Georgia. It rises just west of Interstat ...
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North Oconee River
The Oconee River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map Accessed April 21, 2011 river in the U.S. state of Georgia. Its origin is in Hall County and it terminates where it joins ...
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North River (Darien River tributary)
The North River is a tidal river channel, approximately long,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed April 26, 2011 in coastal Georgia, the United States. It is a longer and nar ...
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North River (St. Marys River tributary) The North River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed April 21, 2011 tidal river in southeastern Georgia, the United States. It is a tributary
A tributary, or affluent, ...
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Noses Creek
Noses Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed April 15, 2011 stream in Cobb County, Georgia, USA. It is a significant tributary of the much larger Sweetwater Creek, ...
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Nottely River
The Nottely River is a river in the United States. The river originates in the Blue Ridge Mountains in northern Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. The river flows for U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataT ...
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Ochlockonee River
The Ochlockonee River ( ) is a fast running river, except where it has been dammed to form Lake Talquin in Florida, originating in Georgia and flowing for before terminating in Florida.
Background
The name is from the Hitchiti language words ...
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Ocmulgee River
The Ocmulgee River () is a western tributary of the Altamaha River, approximately 255 mi (410 km) long, in the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. It is the westernmost major tributary of the Altamaha.[Oconee River
The Oconee River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map Accessed April 21, 2011 river in the U.S. state of Georgia. Its origin is in Hall County and it terminates where it joins ...]
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Odingsell River
The Odingsell River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed April 26, 2011 tidal river in the U.S. state of Georgia. It flows into Ossabaw Sound just north of the mouth of t ...
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Ogeechee River
The Ogeechee River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed April 26, 2011 blackwater river in the U.S. state of Georgia. It heads at the confluence of its North and South ...
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Ohoopee River
The Ohoopee River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed April 21, 2011 river in east-central Georgia in the United States. It is a tributary of the Altamaha River, which ...
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Okapilco Creek
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Oostanaula River
The Oostanaula River (pronounced "oo-stuh-NA-luh") is a principal tributary of the Coosa River, about long,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed April 27, 2011 formed by the co ...
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Pataula Creek
Pataula Creek is a stream in Clay, Quitman,
Randolph and Stewart counties in the U.S. state of Georgia. It empties into Walter F. George Lake on the Chattahoochee River.
Pataula is a name most likely derived from the Muskogean language
Musk ...
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Peachtree Creek
Peachtree Creek is a major stream in Atlanta. It flows for U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed April 15, 2011 almost due west into the Chattahoochee River just south of Vin ...
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River Styx
In Greek mythology, Styx (; grc, Στύξ ) is a river that forms the boundary between Earth (Gaia) and the Underworld. The rivers Acheron, Cocytus, Lethe, Phlegethon, and Styx all converge at the centre of the underworld on a great marsh, whic ...
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Rocky Comfort Creek
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Runaway Negro Creek
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St. Marys River
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Sapelo River
The Sapelo River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed April 26, 2011 primarily tidal river in McIntosh County, Georgia, McIntosh County in the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. s ...
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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- ...
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Savannah River
The Savannah River is a major river in the southeastern United States, forming most of the border between the states of South Carolina and Georgia. Two tributaries of the Savannah, the Tugaloo River and the Chattooga River, form the norther ...
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Sawhatchee Creek
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Sewell Mill Creek
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Shad River
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Shoal Creek
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Sixteen Mile River
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Skidaway River
The Skidaway River is an U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed April 26, 2011 tidal river in the U.S. state of Georgia. It is located in Chatham County southeast of Savannah. ...
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Sope Creek
Sope Creek is an U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed April 15, 2011 stream located in Cobb County, Georgia, United States. It is a significant tributary of the Chattahooc ...
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Soquee River
The Soque River (Cherokee: ᏐᏈ) (Soquee River per 1972 Board on Geographic Names decision) and its watershed are located entirely within the county boundaries of Habersham County in northeast Georgia. The Soque is a tributary of the Chattahooc ...
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South Newport River
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South River (Darien River tributary)
The South River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed April 26, 2011 tidal channel in McIntosh County, Georgia, in the United States. It connects the Darien River to it ...
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South River (Ocmulgee River tributary)
The South River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed April 21, 2011 tributary of the Ocmulgee River in the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. It originates in th ...
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Spring Creek
A spring creek is a type of free flowing river whose name derives from its origin: an underground spring or set of springs which produces sufficient water to consistently feed a unique river. The water flowing in a spring creek may additionally be ...
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Suwannee River
The Suwannee River (also spelled Suwanee River) is a river that runs through south Georgia southward into Florida in the southern United States. It is a wild blackwater river, about long.U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset hig ...
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Suwannoochee Creek
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Sweetwater Creek
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Swift Creek
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Tallapoosa River
The Tallapoosa River runs U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed April 27, 2011 from the southern end of the Appalachian Mountains in Georgia, United States, southward and wes ...
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Tallulah River :''This article refers to the river. For the town, see Tallulah Falls, Georgia, for the lake, see Tallulah Falls Lake and for the waterfalls and gorge, see Tallulah Gorge.''
The Tallulah River () is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography ...
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Tesnatee Creek
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Tivoli River
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Tobesofkee Creek
Tobesofkee Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed April 21, 2011 river in Georgia. It originates near Barnesville and flows roughly southeast across Lamar, Monroe, ...
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Toccoa River
The Toccoa River and Ocoee River are the names in use for a single river that flows northwestward through the southern Appalachian Mountains of the southeastern United States. It is a tributary of the Hiwassee River, which it joins in Polk Coun ...
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Towaliga River
The Towaliga River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed April 21, 2011 tributary of the Ocmulgee River in central Georgia. The Towaliga begins in Henry County and passes ...
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Tugaloo River
The Tugaloo River (originally Tugalo River) is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed April 26, 2011 river that forms the border between the U.S. states of Georgia and South C ...
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Turtle River
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Upatoi Creek
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Vernon River
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Vickery Creek
Big Creek or Vickery Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed April 15, 2011 stream in Forsyth and Fulton counties in Georgia. The creek mouth into the Chattahoochee R ...
, or Big Creek
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Willacoochee River
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Willeo Creek Willeo Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed April 15, 2011 stream in the U.S. state of Georgia, and is located in the north-northwestern part of metro Atlanta. It i ...
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Williamson Swamp Creek
The Williamson Swamp Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed April 26, 2011 tributary of the Ogeechee River in the U.S. state of Georgia
Georgia most commonly refers ...
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Wilmington River
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Withlacoochee River
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Yellow River
The Yellow River or Huang He (Chinese: , Standard Beijing Mandarin, Mandarin: ''Huáng hé'' ) is the second-longest river in China, after the Yangtze River, and the List of rivers by length, sixth-longest river system in the world at th ...
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Yellowjacket Creek
References
USGS Geographic Names Information System*USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Georgia (1974)
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See also
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List of rivers in the United States
The following list is a list of rivers of the United States.
Alphabetical listing
''Listings of the rivers in the United States by letter of the alphabet:''
List of rivers in the United States: A, A - List of rivers in the United States: B, B ...
{{Rivers of Georgia (U.S. state)
Georgia (U.S. state)
Georgia is a state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee and North Carolina; to the northeast by South Carolina; to the southeast by the Atlantic Ocean; to the south by ...
Rivers
A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of wate ...