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Chattahoochee River (n.)

1.a river rising in northern Georgia and flowing southwest and south to join the Flint River at the Florida border where they form the Apalachicola River

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Chattahoochee River (n.)

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Chattahoochee River

                   
Chattahoochee River
Chattahoochee River at Jones Bridge Park in Peachtree Corners, Georgia
Country United States
States Georgia, Alabama, Florida
Source near Jacks Knob
 - location Blue Ridge Mountains, Chattahoochee National Forest, Georgia
 - elevation 3,550 ft (1,082 m) [1]
 - coordinates 34°49′26″N 83°47′28″W / 34.82389°N 83.79111°W / 34.82389; -83.79111 [2]
Mouth Apalachicola River
 - location confluence with Flint River, near Jim Woodruff Dam
 - elevation 75 ft (23 m) [2]
 - coordinates 30°42′32″N 84°51′50″W / 30.70889°N 84.86389°W / 30.70889; -84.86389 [2]
Length 430 mi (692 km) [3]
Basin 8,770 sq mi (22,714 km2) [3]
Discharge
 - average 10,090 cu ft/s (286 m3/s) [4]
 - max 195,000 cu ft/s (5,522 m3/s)
 - min 0 cu ft/s (0 m3/s)
Map of the Apalachicola River system with the Chattahoochee highlighted in dark blue.

The Chattahoochee River forms the lower half of the border between the U.S. states of Georgia and Alabama, as well as part of the border with Florida. It is a tributary of the Apalachicola River, a relatively short river formed by the confluence of the Chattahoochee and Flint rivers and emptying from Florida into Apalachicola Bay in the Gulf of Mexico. The Chattahoochee River is about 430 miles (690 km) long.[3] The Chattahoochee, Flint, and Apalachicola Rivers together make up the Apalachiacola–Chattahoochee–Flint River Basin (ACF River Basin).[3] The Chattahoochee makes up the largest part of the ACF's drainage basin.

Contents

  Course

The Chattahoochee River originates in northeastern Georgia from a spring on Coon Den Ridge,[5] near Jacks Knob, in the southern Blue Ridge Mountains, a sub-range of the Appalachian Mountains. Its headwaters flow south from ridges that form the Tennessee Valley Divide. The Appalachian Trail crosses the river's uppermost headwaters. The Chattahoochee's source and upper course lies within Chattahoochee National Forest.

From its source in the Blue Ridge Mountains, the Chattahoochee River flows southwesterly to Atlanta and through its suburbs. It eventually turns due south to form the southern half of the Georgia/Alabama state line. Flowing through a series of reservoirs and man-made lakes, it flows by Columbus, the third-largest city in Georgia, and the Fort Benning Army base. At Columbus, it crosses the Fall Line of the eastern United States.

From Lake Oliver to Fort Benning, the Chattahoochee Riverwalk provides cycling, rollerblading, and walking along 15 miles (24 km) of the river's banks. Farther south, it merges with the Flint River and other tributaries at Lake Seminole near Bainbridge, to form the Apalachicola River that flows into the Florida Panhandle. Although the same river, this portion was given a different name by separated settlers in different regions during the colonial times.

  Name

The name Chattahoochee is thought to come from a Muskogean word meaning "rocks-marked" (or "painted"), from chato ("rock) plus huchi ("marked").[2] This possibly refers to the many colorful granite outcroppings along the northeast-to-southwest segment of the river. Much of that segment of the river runs through the Brevard fault zone. Another common name for the Chattahoochee River is 'The Hooch'

  History

  Early history

The vicinity of the Chattahoochee River was inhabited in prehistoric times by indigenous peoples since at least 1000 BC. The Kolomoki Mounds, now protected in the Kolomoki Mounds Historic Park near present-day Blakely in Early County in southwest Georgia, were built from 350 AD to 650 AD and constitute the largest mound complex in the state.[6][7]

  Removal of Native Americans

Among the historical nations, the Chattahoochee served as a dividing line between the Muscogee (Creek) (to the east) and the Cherokee territories (to the west) in the Southeast. The United States accomplished the removal of Native Americans, to extinguish their claims and make way for European-American settlement, through a series of treaties, land lotteries, and forced removals lasting from 1820 through 1832. The Muscogee were first removed from the southeastern side of the river, and then the Cherokee from the northwest.[8]

  The American Civil War

The Chattahoochee River was of considerable strategic importance during the Atlanta Campaign by Union General William Tecumseh Sherman of the American Civil War.

Between the tributaries of Proctor Creek and Nickajack Creek, on the Cobb and Fulton county lines in metropolitan Atlanta, are nine remaining "Shoupades" on the Chattahoochee. The Shoupades were fortifications named after their designer, Confederate Brigadier General Francis A. Shoup. That portion of the Confederate line was known as Johnston's River Line after General Joseph E. Johnston.

A month prior to the Battle of Atlanta, Shoup talked with Johnston on June 18, 1864 about building fortifications. Johnston agreed, and Shoup supervised the building of 36 small elevated earth and wooden triangular fortifications, arranged in a sawtooth pattern to maximize the crossfire of defenders. Sherman tried to avoid the Shoupade defenses by crossing the river to the northeast. The nine remaining Shoupades consist of the earthworks portion of the original earth and wooden structures; they are endangered by land development in the area.[9]

  Recent history

Since the nineteenth century, early improvements and alterations to the river were for the purposes of navigation. The river was important for carrying trade and passengers and was a major transportation route.

In the twentieth century, the United State Congress passed legislation in 1944 and 1945 to improve navigation for commercial traffic on the river, as well as to establish hydroelectric power and recreational facilities on a series of lakes to be created by building dams and establishing reservoirs. Creating the manmade, 46,000-acre Walter F. George Lake required evacuating numerous communities, including the historically majority-Native American settlement of Oketeyeconne, Georgia.[10] The lakes were complete in 1963, covering over numerous historic and prehistoric sites of settlement.[11]

Since the late twentieth century, the non-profit organization, Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper, advocates for the preservation of the environment and ecology of the northern part of the river, including the portion adjacent to Atlanta.

  Modifications

Several reservoir lakes, including Lanier, Walter F. George, West Point, and George W. Andrews lakes are controlled by the United States Army Corps of Engineers. The dams and reservoirs were developed following legislation by Congress of the mid-1940s for flood control, domestic and industrial water, hydroelectricity, recreation, and improved navigation for river barges. The lakes were completed by 1963.[11] Numerous historic and prehistoric sites were covered over by the lakes during the flooding of the reservoirs, including Oketeyconne, Georgia.[10]

The Georgia Power Company also owns a small series of dams along the middle portion of the river (the Columbus area) between West Point Lake and Lake Walter F. George. Several smaller and older lakes and dams also provide these services on a much smaller and more localized scale, including Bull Sluice Lake, which is held by Morgan Falls Dam. This dam was built by the Georgia Railway and Power Company in 1902 to provide electric power for the Atlanta trolley system. This was long since replaced by other forms of transportation, notably the automobile, although Atlanta has established a new system of light rail transit.

  River borders

At various points, the Chattahoochee serves as the boundary between several counties and cities, as well as forming the lower half of the boundary between Alabama and Georgia.

Within Georgia, it divides:

  Atlanta

  The Ramblin' Raft Race, an annual event in Atlanta, was cancelled in 1980 due to environmental concerns

Atlanta is built upon the crest of a large ridge, rather than in the floodplain of the river. This has contributed the preservation of much of the natural scenic beauty of the section that runs through metropolitan Atlanta. North of the metropolis, the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area protects other portions of the riverbanks in a region that is spread across several disconnected areas.[12]

The river traverses through much of Atlanta's hilly topography of the northern suburbs. Wealthy suburban communities in northern metro Atlanta that abut the river include: Vinings, Buckhead, Sandy Springs, East Cobb, Roswell, Dunwoody, Peachtree Corners, Johns Creek, and Berkeley Lake.

As three states have needs related to the river, there has been increasing controversy since the late twentieth century related to competing development among the regions and the implications for the river. The enormous growth of metropolitan Atlanta has increased its water withdrawals from the river. This has effects downstream. For example, the oysters in the Apalachicola Bay, Florida, depend on the brackish water mixture of river and ocean water, and the alternating freshwater and saltwater flows that the river and the tides provide. The amount of flow in the Chattahoochee has also been decreased by interbasin water transfers, where water is withdrawn from the Chattahoochee, but discharged as treated sewage water into another river, such as the Oconee River, which flows to the Atlantic Seaboard.

Interest groups and the state of Florida have asked the US Congress to intervene to reduce the priority given to put navigation of the lower Chattahoochee, south of Columbus, by river barge. This requirement causes large water withdrawals, which environmental supporters consider a waste of water needed to support habitats, especially during droughts. The navigation issue has aggravated the fight between Georgia, Florida, and Alabama over rights to the river water. A lawsuit has been filed in the case to reduce priorities given to navigation. The lawsuit is now in court, and may take years to resolve.[when?]

  Flooding

The most recent floods on the Chattahoochee River were in early November 2009 floods. The flooding was caused when Tropical Storm Ida tore through the Piedmont. Downstream from Roswell, the Chattahoochee River remained in moderate flood. Streams affected by the early November 2009 floods included the following:

The second most recent major flood along the river occurred during the 2009 Georgia floods, with 28.10 feet (8.56 m) of water recorded at Vinings at the northwestern Atlanta city limit. The flood was over 5 feet (1.5 m) higher than the previous flood recorded in September 2004, as a result of Hurricane Fred. Numerous tributaries also swelled far over and beyond their banks. These were the highest water levels seen since 1990, and the second-highest ever since the large Buford Dam was built upstream. The National Weather Service in Peachtree City estimated that this was a 500-year flood event.

  Gauges

Stream gauges are located:

Water-level forecasts are regularly issued only at Vinings/Atlanta. Forecasts are issued only during high water at Norcross, Whitesburg, West Point, and the Lake Walter F. George and Andrews dams. All other locations have observations only.

  Tributaries

  The Upper Chattahoochee River Campground north of Helen, White County, Georgia
  Chattahoochee River at River Park on Willeo Road, Fulton County, Georgia
  The Chattahoochee River at the Devil's Shoals, East Palisades Park, Fulton County, Georgia

Tributary creeks, streams, and rivers, as well as lakes, along with the county they are in:

Note that the above list is incomplete, and that each item is not in the exact order in which it joins the Chattahoochee. (For confluences now inundated by lakes, it may be impossible to determine from current maps exactly where they were.)

  Popular culture

The beauty of the Chattahoochee River is commemorated in the epic poem The Song of the Chattahoochee (1877),[27] by the noted Georgian poet Sidney Lanier. Lake Lanier on the Chattahoochee is named for him.

The Chattahoochee River is featured in the video game Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood, and in Backyard Baseball 2003, Tim Hudson mentions it.

Country music artist Alan Jackson released his song "Chattahoochee" in 1993 as a single off his album A Lot About Livin' (And a Little 'bout Love). "Chattahoochee" received Country Music Association awards for Single of the Year and Song of the Year.[28]

In an online video, rapper Yung Berg tosses his 'Transformers' chain into the Chattahoochee River.

Rapper Ludacris mentions the Chattahoochee River in the song "Who Not Me" on his 2004 album The Red Light District.

  See also

  Notes

  1. ^ Calculated in Google Maps and Google Earth
  2. ^ a b c d U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Chattahoochee River
  3. ^ a b c d "Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin". River Basin Center. http://www.rivercenter.uga.edu/education/k12resources/basinsofga2.htm. Retrieved 4 August 2010. 
  4. ^ "Water resources data for the United States, Water Year 2009; gage 02343801, Chattahoochee River near Columbia, GA". USGS. http://wdr.water.usgs.gov/wy2009/pdfs/02343801.2009.pdf. Retrieved 4 August 2010. 
  5. ^ "Facts about the Chattahoochee River". Chattahoochee Riverway Project. http://ga2.er.usgs.gov/bacteria/chattfacts.cfm. Retrieved 4 August 2010. 
  6. ^ "Chattahoochee River". New Georgia Encyclopedia. http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?path=/LandResources/Geography/MajorRiverSystems-1&id=h-950. Retrieved 27 November 2010. 
  7. ^ "Kolomoki Mounds". New Georgia Encyclopedia. http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-574. Retrieved 27 November 2010. 
  8. ^ "Land Lottery System". New Georgia Encyclopedia. http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?path=/HistoryArchaeology/AntebellumEra/Events-7&id=h-3299. Retrieved 27 November 2010. 
  9. ^ "Endangered Sites". Georgia Battlefields Association. http://www.georgiabattlefields.org/endangered04.htm. Retrieved 27 November 2010. 
  10. ^ a b "Oketeyeconne/Chattahoochee Theater", Historical Marker Database, accessed 23 June 2012
  11. ^ a b "Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River System History", US Army Corps of Engineers, accessed 23 June 2012
  12. ^ "Chattahoocheee River National Recreation Area, National Park Service
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  27. ^ "The Song of the Chattahoochee". About North Georgia. http://ngeorgia.com/poetry/songofthechattahoochee.html. Retrieved 27 November 2010. 
  28. ^ "Alan Jackson Biography". About.com. http://countrymusic.about.com/cs/alanjackson/p/blprajackson.htm. Retrieved 2007-08-07. 

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