Alabama River

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The Alabama River is a major waterway in the U.S. state of Alabama that flows through the central part of the state and plays a key role in its transportation, ecology, and history.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
basinArea approximately 22,800 square miles ⓘ
approximately 59,000 square kilometers ⓘ
basinCountry United States ⓘ
confluenceLocation near Montgomery, Alabama ⓘ
connectedTo Intracoastal waterway system via Mobile River and Mobile Bay ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
drainageBasin Gulf of Mexico ⓘ
ecologicalSignificance supports diverse freshwater fish species ⓘ
supports wetlands and riparian habitats ⓘ
flowsInto Mobile River ⓘ
flowsPast Claiborne, Alabama ⓘ
Montgomery, Alabama ⓘ
Selma, Alabama ⓘ
flowsThrough central Alabama ⓘ
formedByConfluenceOf Coosa River ⓘ
Tallapoosa River ⓘ
hasBridge Edmund Pettus Bridge (over the Alabama River at Selma) ⓘ
hasLockAndDam Claiborne Lock and Dam ⓘ
Millers Ferry Lock and Dam ⓘ
historicalSignificance associated with Native American history in Alabama ⓘ
important transportation route in the 19th century ⓘ
played a role in the economic development of central Alabama ⓘ
used for cotton transport during antebellum period ⓘ
length approximately 318 miles ⓘ
approximately 512 kilometers ⓘ
locatedIn Alabama ⓘ
U.S. state of Alabama ⓘ
linked to: Alabama
majorTributary Cahaba River ⓘ
Tombigbee River system (via Mobile River) ⓘ
linked to: Tombigbee River
mouth Mobile River ⓘ
mouthLocation near Mobile, Alabama ⓘ
partOf Mobile River system ⓘ
linked to: Mobile River

Mobile–Tensaw River Delta watershed ⓘ
linked to: Tensaw River Delta
sourceRegion confluence region of Coosa and Tallapoosa rivers ⓘ
state Alabama ⓘ
stateWaterway major waterway of Alabama ⓘ
supportsActivity commercial fishing ⓘ
hunting in adjacent floodplains ⓘ
sport fishing ⓘ
usedFor barge transportation ⓘ
boating ⓘ
commercial shipping ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
navigation ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
wildlife habitat ⓘ
waterwayClass navigable waterway ⓘ

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Montgomery, Alabama → locatedOnRiver → Alabama River ⓘ
Selma, Alabama → locatedOnRiver → Alabama River ⓘ
Alabama → hasMajorRiver → Alabama River ⓘ
Edmund Pettus Bridge → crosses → Alabama River ⓘ
Selma Historic District → locatedOn → Alabama River ⓘ
Montgomery County, Alabama → river → Alabama River ⓘ
Southeastern Woodlands → majorRiver → Alabama River ⓘ
Dallas County, Alabama → hasMajorRiver → Alabama River ⓘ
Coosa River (border area) → tributaryOf → Alabama River ⓘ
Coosa River (border area) → drainsTo → Alabama River ⓘ
Selma → locatedOnRiver → Alabama River ⓘ
Dallas County, Alabama → contains → Alabama River ⓘ
subject linked to: Dallas County
Dallas County, Alabama → locatedOn → Alabama River ⓘ
subject linked to: Dallas County
Montgomery County, Alabama → hasRiver → Alabama River ⓘ
subject linked to: Montgomery County
Cahaba River valley → tributaryOf → Alabama River ⓘ
Cahaba River → mouthLocatedIn → Alabama River ⓘ
Cahaba River → tributaryOf → Alabama River ⓘ
Alabama Territory → namedAfter → Alabama River ⓘ
Mobile River → formedByConfluenceOf → Alabama River ⓘ
Mobile River → connectedTo → Alabama River ⓘ
Lowndes County, Alabama → locatedOn → Alabama River (partly along its boundary) ⓘ
subject linked to: Lowndes County
linked to: Alabama River
Wilcox County, Alabama → borders → Alabama River ⓘ
subject linked to: Wilcox County
Wilcox County, Alabama → hasFeature → Alabama River ⓘ
subject linked to: Wilcox County
Cahaba → locatedNear → Alabama River ⓘ
Tombigbee River → formsConfluenceWith → Alabama River ⓘ
Coosa River → mouth → Alabama River ⓘ
Coosa River → tributaryOf → Alabama River ⓘ
Coosa River → confluenceForms → Alabama River ⓘ
Alabama people → associatedWithRiver → Alabama River ⓘ
Tallapoosa River → mouth → Alabama River ⓘ
Tallapoosa River → forms → Alabama River ⓘ
Clarke County, Alabama → bordersRiver → Alabama River ⓘ
Water Avenue → runsParallelTo → Alabama River ⓘ
U.S. Route 231 → crosses → Alabama River ⓘ
Edmund Pettus Bridge → crosses → Alabama River ⓘ
Fort Toulouse → locatedNear → Alabama River ⓘ
Upper Creeks → riverineSettlement → Alabama River ⓘ
Wilcox County, Alabama → bordersRiver → Alabama River ⓘ
Southwestern Alabama → traversedByRiver → Alabama River ⓘ
subject linked to: southwestern Alabama
Claiborne, Alabama → locatedOn → Alabama River ⓘ
Claiborne Lock and Dam → locatedOnRiver → Alabama River ⓘ