Chattahoochee River

Chattahoochee River
Chattahoochee River at Jones Bridge Park in Peachtree Corners, Georgia
Map of the Apalachicola River system with the Chattahoochee highlighted in dark blue.
Location
Country	United States
State	Georgia, Alabama, Florida
Physical characteristics
Source	near Jacks Knob
- location	Blue Ridge Mountains, Chattahoochee National Forest, Georgia
- coordinates	34°49′26″N 83°47′28″W[2]
- elevation	3,550 ft (1,080 m)[1]
Mouth	Apalachicola River
- location	confluence with Flint River, near Jim Woodruff Dam
- coordinates	30°42′32″N 84°51′50″W[2]
- elevation	75 ft (23 m)[2]
Length	430 mi (690 km)[3]
Basin size	8,770 sq mi (22,700 km^2)[3]
Discharge
- average	10,090 cu ft/s (286 m^3/s)[4]
- minimum	0 cu ft/s (0 m^3/s)
- maximum	195,000 cu ft/s (5,500 m^3/s)

The Chattahoochee River forms the southern half of the Alabama and Georgia border. It is a tributary of the Apalachicola River. The Chattahoochee River is about 430 miles (690 km) long.^[3]

The Chattahoochee, Flint, and Apalachicola rivers together make up the Apalachicola–Chattahoochee–Flint River Basin (ACF River Basin).

References

1. Calculated in Google Maps and Google Earth
2. "Chattahoochee River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
3. "Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin". River Basin Center. Archived from the original on June 9, 2010. Retrieved 4 August 2010.
4. "Water resources data for the United States, Water Year 2009; gage 02343801, Chattahoochee River near Columbia, GA" (PDF). USGS. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 March 2012. Retrieved 4 August 2010.