Map of the Apalachicola River system with the Chattahoochee highlighted.

The upper Chattahoochee River at 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 runs from the Chattahoochee Spring in the mountains of northeast Georgia, southwestward by Atlanta and through its suburbs, then turns southward to form the southern half of the Georgia/Alabama state line. It then merges with the Flint River at Lake Seminole near Bainbridge to form the Florida panhandle's short Apalachicola River, and is the largest part of the ACF River Basin watershed. The name Chattahoochee is thought to come from a Creek word for "painted rock," possibly referring to the many colorful granite outcrops along the northeast-to-southwest segment of the river. Much of this segment of the river runs through the Brevard fault zone. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links Chattahoochee_River. ... Image File history File links Chattahoochee_River. ... Image File history File links River_park,_fulton_county,_georgia. ... Image File history File links River_park,_fulton_county,_georgia. ... Lyskamm, 4 527 m, Pennine Alps A mountain is a landform that extends above the surrounding terrain in a limited area. ... This article is about the state capital of Georgia. ... Housing subdivision near Union, Kentucky, a suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio. ... Official language(s) English Capital Montgomery Largest city Birmingham Area  Ranked 30th  - Total 52,419 sq mi (135,765 km²)  - Width 190 miles (306 km)  - Length 330 miles (531 km)  - % water 3. ... Merge, merging, or merger can have several different meanings: In business and economics, a merger is the combination of two companies into one larger company In computer science, either: the merge algorithm which combines two or more sorted lists into a single sorted one the merge sort, a sort algorithm... The Flint River is an approximately 150 mi (240 km) long river, in the U.S. state of Georgia. ... Lake Seminole is a man-made lake located in the southwest corner of Georgia along its border with Florida. ... Bainbridge is a city located in Decatur County, Georgia. ... Official language(s) English Capital Tallahassee Largest city Jacksonville Largest metro area Miami Area  Ranked 22nd  - Total 65,795[1] sq mi (170,304[1] km²)  - Width 361 miles (582 km)  - Length 447 miles (721 km)  - % water 17. ... A panhandle is a geographic term for a long and usually thin projection of a U.S. state. ... View of the Apalachicola River near Fort Gadsden, Florida. ... The ACF River Basin refers to the watershed of the Apalachicola/Chattahoochee/Flint River Basin, in the USA, which begins in northern Georgia and flows into the Gulf of Mexico at Apalachicola Bay, near Apalachicola, Florida. ... This article includes a list of works cited or a list of external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ... The Creeks are an American Indian people originally from the southeastern United States, also known by their original name Muscogee (or Muskogee), the name they use to identify themselves today. ...

Several lakes, including Lake Sidney Lanier, Walter F. George Lake, West Point Lake, and others are controlled by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, providing hydroelectricity, flood control, drinking water, recreation, and navigation. 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 created by Morgan Falls Dam. A man-made lake in Keukenhof, Netherlands A lake is a body of water or other liquid of considerable size contained on a body of land. ... Lake Lanier (officially Lake Sidney Lanier) is a manmade lake in the northern portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. ... Walter F. George Lock and Dam The Walter F. George Lake (unofficially known as Lake Eufaula) is a lake formed on the Chattahoochee River along the border between Alabama and Georgia. ... West Point Lake is a manmade lake formed by the damming of the Chattahoochee River by the US Army Corps of Engineers. ... United States Army Corps of Engineers logo The United States Army Corps of Engineers, or USACE, is made up of some 34,600 military men and women. ... Hydroelectricity is the worlds most important renewable energy source The Nagarjuna dam & hydro-electric plant, India Hydroelectricity is electricity produced by hydropower. ... A flood (in Old English flod, a word common to Teutonic languages; compare German Flut, Dutch vloed from the same root as is seen in flow, float) is an overflow of water, an expanse of water submerging land, a deluge. ... Drinking water Mineral Water Drinking water is water that is intended to be ingested by humans. ... For the 1914 Charlie Chaplin film, see Recreation (film). ... Table of geography, hydrography, and navigation, from the 1728 Cyclopaedia. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Bull Sluice Lake is a small lake located along the Chattahoochee River in northern Georgia, in the northern suburbs of metro Atlanta. ... Morgan Falls Dam is a small hydroelectric dam located along the Chattahoochee River in northern Georgia, in the northern suburbs of metro Atlanta. ...

It serves as the border between several counties and cities, including: Self-illuminating Border flower pot between Burghausen, Salzach(river) in Germany and Ach in Austria. ... Originally, a county was the land under the jurisdiction of a count (in Great Britain, an earl, though the original earldoms covered larger areas) by reason of that office. ... A city is an urban area, differentiated from a town, village, or hamlet by size, population density, importance, or legal status. ...

• Carroll and Coweta
• Carroll and Fulton
• Douglas and Fulton
• Cobb and Fulton
• Fulton and Gwinnett
• Forsyth and Gwinnett
• Habersham County and White County
• City of Roswell and City of Sandy Springs

The non-profit organization Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper is a watchdog group for the northern half of the river. Carroll County is a county located in the Georgia and was named for Charles Carroll of Maryland, at that time the last surviving signer of the Declaration of Independence. ... Coweta County is a county located in the state of Georgia. ... Fulton County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. ... Douglas County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. ... Cobb County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. ... Gwinnett County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. ... Forsyth County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. ... Location in Fulton County in the state of Georgia Coordinates: Country United States State Georgia County Fulton County, Georgia Incorporated February 16, 1854  - Mayor Jere Wood (R) Area    - City 38. ... Note: This article title may be easily confused with Sandy Spring Sandy Springs (once known as Hammond) is a newly incorporated city (as of December 1st, 2005) located in Fulton County, Georgia, north of Atlanta and south of Roswell. ... A non-profit organization (often called non-profit org or simply non-profit or not-for-profit) can be seen as an organization that doesnt have a goal to make a profit. ... It has been suggested that Organizing be merged into this article or section. ... Established in 1994, Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper (UCR) is an environmental advocacy organization with more than 4,300 members dedicated solely to protecting and restoring the Chattahoochee River Basin. ... A watchdog originally referred to a dogs job, but now has been used in additional contexts with the same implication of watching or safeguarding: For the dogs job, see guard dog. ...

Controversy has come to the river because of the enormous growth of metro Atlanta, and the tremendous increase in water withdrawals from the river. Oysters in Apalachicola Bay depend on the brackish water mix and alternating freshwater and saltwater flows which the river and tides provide. Interbasin water transfers also occur, where water is withdrawn from the Chattahoochee, but then discharged as treated sewage into another river, such as Hall County's Oconee River. The U.S. Congress has been asked to intervene to put navigation of the lower Chattahoochee (south of Columbus, Georgia) by barges last on the priority list, as most people view this as a complete waste of water during droughts, and a tremendous aggravation to the fight between Georgia, Florida, and Alabama over rights to the river. The case is now in court, and may take years to resolve. For the Wikipedia policy regarding controversial issues in articles, see Wikipedia:Guidelines for controversial articles. ... According to the 2000 census, the 28-county Atlanta, Georgia metropolitan area has a population of 4,247,981 making it the eleventh largest metropolitan area in the United States. ... The name oyster is used for a number of different groups of mollusks which grow for the most part in marine or brackish water. ... Apalachicola Bay, Florida. ... Brackish water (less commonly brack water) is water that is saltier than fresh water, but not as salty as seawater. ... For the village on the Isle of Wight, see Freshwater, Isle of Wight. ... Sea water is water from a sea or ocean. ... This article is about tides in the ocean. ... Sewage is the liquid water produced by human society which typically contains washing water, laundry waste, faeces, urine and other liquid or semi-liquid wastes. ... Hall County is a county located in the state of Georgia. ... The Oconee River is a river which has its origin in Hall County, Georgia and terminates 170 miles later where it joins the Ocmulgee River to form the Altamaha River near Lumber City at the borders of Montgomery County, Wheeler County, and Jeff Davis County. ... Congress in Joint Session. ... Columbus is a city in Muscogee County, Georgia, United States. ... Self propelled barge carrying bulk crushed stone Note that Barge is the NATO reporting name for the Soviet Tupolev Tu-85 bomber. ... A drought is a period of time when there is not enough water to support agricultural, urban, human, or environmental water needs. ... For the direction right, see left and right or starboard. ... It has been suggested that civil trial be merged into this article or section. ... A trial at the Old Bailey in London as drawn by Thomas Rowlandson and Augustus Pugin for Ackermanns Microcosm of London (1808-11). ...

Flooding

The most recent major flood along the river occurred in September 2004, as a result of Hurricane Ivan. [1] At Vinings at the northwestern Atlanta city limit, it rose to 22.60 feet or 6.89 meters late on September 16, far above its flood stage of 14.0 feet or 4.3 meters. Numerous tributaries also swelled far over and beyond their banks. These were the highest levels seen since 1990, and the second highest ever since Buford Dam was built upstream. The National Weather Service in Peachtree City estimated that this was a nearly 100-year flood event. [2] At Helen, above the dam, the river rose to 6.8 feet or 2.07 meters, just above the flood stage of 6.0 feet or 1.83 meters. Picture of flooding in Amphoe Sena, Ayutthaya Province, Thailand. ... Lowest pressure 910 mbar (hPa) Damage $19. ... Vinings is a census-designated place and an unincorporated town located in Cobb County, Georgia, just across the Chattahoochee River from Atlanta. ... This article is about a foot as a unit of length. ... The metre, or meter (symbol: m) is the SI base unit of length. ... // 1400 - Owain Glyndŵr declared Prince of Wales by his followers. ... The National Weather Service (NWS) is one of the six scientific agencies that make up the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) of the United States government. ... Peachtree City is a planned city located in Fayette County, Georgia. ... A one-hundred year flood is calculated to be the maximum level of flood water expected to occur on average once every one hundred years. ... Helen is a city located in White County, Georgia. ...

Tributaries

Tributary creeks, streams, and rivers, as well as lakes, along with the county they are in: This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The primary meaning of stream is a body of water, confined within a bed and banks and having a detectable current. ... STREAMS is the Unix System V networking architecture. ... For the Second World War frigate class, see River class frigate The Murray River in Australia A waterfall on the Ova da Fedoz, Switzerland A river is a large natural waterway. ...

• Lake Lanier and Buford Dam (Dawson, Forsyth, Gwinnett, Hall, and Lumpkin)
• Anneewakee Creek (Douglas)
• Arrowhead Creek (Cobb)
• Bald Ridge Creek (Forsyth)
• Ball Mill Creek (DeKalb and Fulton)
• Basket Creek (Douglas)
• Bear Creek (Douglas)
• Bear Creek (south Fulton)
• Beech Creek (Fulton)
• Big Creek (Hall)
• Brock Branch (south Fulton)
• Browns Lake (south Fulton)
• Brushy Creek (Gwinnett)
• Bull Sluice Lake and Morgan Falls Dam
• Cabin Creek (Fulton)
• Camp Creek (Fulton)
• Charlie's Trapping Creek (Fulton)
• Chestatee River (Dawson/Hall border, Forsyth/Hall border, and Lumpkin)
• Crooked Creek (Fulton and Gwinnett)
• Deep Creek (south Fulton)
• Dick Creek (Forsyth)
• Dog River (Douglas)
• Four Mile Creek (Forsyth)
• Gilberts Branch (Douglas)
• Haw Creek (Forsyth)
• Hewlett Creek (Fulton)
• Hurricane Creek (Carroll and Douglas)
• James Creek (Forsyth)
• Johns Creek (Forsyth and north Fulton)
• Level Creek (Gwinnett)
• Long Island Creek (Fulton)
• Marsh Creek (Fulton)
• Mavern Creek (north Fulton)
• Mill Branch (south Fulton)
• Mountain Health Creek (Fulton)
• Mulberry Creek (Cobb)
• Nancy Creek (DeKalb and Fulton)
• Nannyberry Creek (Cobb)
• Nickajack Creek (Cobb)
• Old Mill Creek (north Fulton)
• Owl Creek (Cobb)
• Pea Creek (south Fulton)
• Peachtree Creek (Fulton)
• Pine Creek (south Fulton)
• Proctor Creek (Fulton)
• Richland Creek (Gwinnett)
• Rogers Creek (Gwinnett)
• Rottenwood Creek (Cobb)
• Sandy Creek (Fulton)
• Shoal Creek (Gwinnett and Hall)
• Six Mile Creek (Forsyth)
• Sope Creek (Cobb)
• Soque River (Habersham)
• Suwanee Creek (Gwinnett)
• Summerbrook Creek (Fulton)
• Sweetwater Creek (Cobb, Douglas, and Paulding)
• Trout Lily Creek (Cobb)
• Tuggle Creek (south Fulton)
• Turkey Creek (south Fulton)
• Two Mile Creek (Forsyth)
• White Oak Creek (south Fulton)
• Whitewater Creek (Fulton)
• Willeo Creek (Cobb/Fulton border)
• Wolf Creek (Carroll)
• Vickery Creek (north Fulton)
• Young Deer Creek (Forsyth)
• West Point Lake (Chambers, AL, Heard, GA, and Troup, GA)
• Lake Harding (Harris, GA and Lee, AL)
• Goat Rock Lake (Harris, GA and Lee, AL)
• Walter F. George Lake (Clay)
• Lake Seminole (Decatur and Seminole)

Lake Lanier (officially Lake Sidney Lanier) is a manmade lake in the northern portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. ... Bull Sluice Lake is a small lake located along the Chattahoochee River in northern Georgia, in the northern suburbs of metro Atlanta. ... Morgan Falls Dam is a small hydroelectric dam located along the Chattahoochee River in northern Georgia, in the northern suburbs of metro Atlanta. ... There are over one thousand places in the United States named Camp Creek, including several hundred streams: Camp Creek (Fulton County, Georgia) Camp Creek (Gwinnett County, Georgia) Camp Creek (Clayton County, Georgia) Camp Creek (Virginia) This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it. ... The Chestatee River (variant spellings Chestatie, Chestetee, Chostatee, Chosteta, none in modern use) is a river in the Appalachian Mountains of northern Georgia. ... Dog River may refer to Dog River, a river in the Canadian province of Ontario, tributary of Lake Superior Dog River, a river and gorge in Lebanon (also known as Nahr-el-kalb in arabic and as Lycus by the Romans) Dog River, a river in the U.S. state... According to the USGS GNIS, there are 144 things in the U.S. named Johns Creek: Johns Creek (north of Atlanta) Johns Creek (northwestern Georgia) Johns Creek (southern Georgia) This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it. ... Marsh Creek is a geographical name for places including: Marsh Creek Township, Minnesota Marsh Creek State Park, Pennsylvania This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Nancy Creek is a major stream in northern Atlanta. ... Old Mill Creek is a village in Lake County, Illinois, United States. ... Peachtree Creek is a major stream in Atlanta. ... Proctor Creek may refer to: Proctor Creek (Atlanta), a stream in west Atlanta MARTAs Proctor Creek line, a spur line serving only Bankhead station Puget Creek near Tacoma, Washington This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The Soque River and the Soque River Watershed are located entirely within the county boundaries of Habersham County in northeast Georgia. ... Sweetwater creek in the fall Sweetwater Creek is a major stream located in the U.S. state of Georgia, west of Atlanta. ... Vickery Creek (Big Creek) is a creek located in Roswell, Georgia. ... West Point Lake is a manmade lake formed by the damming of the Chattahoochee River by the US Army Corps of Engineers. ... Walter F. George Lock and Dam The Walter F. George Lake (unofficially known as Lake Eufaula) is a lake formed on the Chattahoochee River along the border between Alabama and Georgia. ... Lake Seminole is a man-made lake located in the southwest corner of Georgia along its border with Florida. ...

See also

• Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area
• List of Alabama rivers
• List of Florida rivers
• List of Georgia rivers

Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area preserves a series of sites between Atlanta, Georgia and Lake Sidney Lanier along the Chattahoochee River. ... This is a list of rivers in the U.S. state of Alabama. ... This is a partial list of rivers in the U.S. state of Florida. ... This is a list of rivers in the U.S. state of Georgia Alapaha River Altamaha River Apalachee River Big Satilla River Brier River Broad River Canoochee River Chattahoochee River Chattooga River Conasauga River Coosa River Etowah River Flint River Gum Swamp River Hiwassee River Ichawaynochaway Creek Kinchatoonee River Little...

External links

• Five piece series on the Chattahoochee River