The Middle River is a
distributary
A distributary, or a distributary channel, is a stream that branches off and flows away from a main stream channel. Distributaries are a common feature of river deltas. The phenomenon is known as river bifurcation. The opposite of a distributar ...
river in
Baldwin County, Alabama
Baldwin County is a county located in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Alabama, on the Gulf coast. It is one of only two counties in Alabama that border the Gulf of Mexico, along with Mobile County. As of the 2020 census, the populat ...
, which forms part of the
Mobile-Tensaw River Delta. It branches off from the
Tensaw River
The Tensaw River is a river in Baldwin County, Alabama.
The name ''Tensaw'' is derived from the historic indigenous Taensa people.
Overview
It is a distributary of the Mobile River, approximately long. It is formed as a bayou of the Mobile appro ...
at . From there it flows southward for approximately before rejoining the Tensaw at .
See also
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List of Alabama rivers
This is a list of rivers of the US state of Alabama. Alabama has over 77,000 miles of rivers and streams with more freshwater biodiversity than any other US state. Alabama's rivers are among the most biologically diverse waterways in the world. 38 ...
References
Rivers of Baldwin County, Alabama
Rivers of Alabama
Tributaries of Mobile Bay
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