The Choctawhatchee River is a river in the Southern United States. The Choctawhatchee originates in Barbour County, Alabama, is flows southwest, collecting major tributary the Pea River near Geneva. It then flows south into Florida, terminating at Choctawhatchee Bay. Barbour County is the name of several counties in the United States: Barbour County, Alabama Barbour County, West Virginia This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... State nickname: Camellia State, The Heart of Dixie¹, Yellowhammer State Other U.S. States Capital Montgomery Largest city Birmingham Governor Bob Riley (R) Official languages English Area 52,423 mi²/135,775 km² (30th) - Land 50,750 mi²/131,442 km² - Water 1,673 mi²/4,333 km² (3. ... A tributary (or affluent or confluent) is a contributory stream, a river that does not reach the sea, but joins another major river (a parent river), to which it contributes its waters, swelling its discharge. ... Geneva is a city located in Geneva County, Alabama, the county seat of that county. ... State nickname: Sunshine State Other U.S. States Capital Tallahassee Largest city Jacksonville Governor Jeb Bush (R) Official languages English Area 170,451 km² (22nd) - Land 137,374 km² - Water 30,486 km² (17. ...
The Choctawhatchee is a river arising in southern Alabama and flowing about 225 km (140 mi) south into northwest Florida, where it empties into Choctawhatchee Bay, an inlet of the Gulf of Mexico.
The river originates in Alabama and the western tributary is currently referred to there as the Pea River.
The eastern part of this stream in Alabama, and from the confluence south, was and still is the Choctawhatchee (River of the Choctaws).
ChoctawhatcheeRiver Drainage is comprised of the ChoctawhatcheeRiver proper and its main tributary the Pea River.
The ChoctawhatcheeRiver Drainage is located in southeastern Alabama and western Florida (Figure 1).
The ChoctawhatcheeRiver Drainage historically supported a diverse freshwater mussel fauna with 27 species (Athearn 1964, Butler 1994, Clench and Turner 1956, Johnson 1965, 1967, 1969, Williams and Butler 1994).
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