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Apalachee River (Alabama)

The 883rd longest river in the world

km

The Apalachee River is a distributary river in Baldwin County, Alabama that forms part of the Mobile-Tensaw River Delta. It branches off from the Tensaw River at 30.74333°N 87.93194°W / 30.74333; -87.93194. From there it flows southward for approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) before emptying into Mobile Bay at 30.66074°N 87.95860°W / 30.66074; -87.95860. Apalachee comes from the Hitchiti word apalahchi, which means "on the other side".

Flows through: United States.

River data from Wikidata (CC0); lengths normalised to a common unit.

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