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Chattahoochee River Chattahoochee River at Jones Bridge Park in Peachtree Corners, Georgia Country United States States Georgia, Alabama, Florida Source near Jacks Knob - location Blue Ridge Mountains, Chattahoochee National Forest, Georgia - elevation 3,550 ft ( 1,082 m ) - coordinates 34 ° 49 ′ 26 '' N 83 ° 47 ′ 28 '' W ﻿ / ﻿ 34.82389 ° N 83.79111 ° W ﻿ / 34.82389 ; - 83.79111 Mouth Apalachicola River - location confluence with Flint River, near Jim Woodruff Dam - elevation 75 ft ( 23 m ) - coordinates 30 ° 42 ′ 32 '' N 84 ° 51 ′ 50 '' W ﻿ / ﻿ 30.70889 ° N 84.86389 ° W ﻿ / 30.70889 ; - 84.86389 Coordinates : 30 ° 42 ′ 32 '' N 84 ° 51 ′ 50 '' W ﻿ / ﻿ 30.70889 ° N 84.86389 ° W ﻿ / 30.70889 ; - 84.86389 Length 430 mi ( 692 km ) Basin 8,770 sq mi ( 22,714 km ) Discharge - average 10,090 cu ft / s ( 286 m / s ) - max 195,000 cu ft / s ( 5,522 m / s ) - min 0 cu ft / s ( 0 m / s ) Map of the Apalachicola River system with the Chattahoochee highlighted in dark blue. The Chattahoochee River forms the southern half of the Alabama and Georgia border, as well as a portion of the Florida border. It is a tributary of the Apalachicola River, a relatively short river formed by the confluence of the Chattahoochee and Flint rivers and emptying from Florida into Apalachicola Bay in the Gulf of Mexico. The Chattahoochee River is about 430 miles ( 690 km ) long. The Chattahoochee, Flint, and Apalachicola rivers together make up the Apalachicola -- Chattahoochee -- Flint River Basin ( ACF River Basin ). The Chattahoochee makes up the largest part of the ACF 's drainage basin. Contents 1 Course 2 Etymology and nicknames 3 History 3.1 Early history 3.2 Removal of Native Americans 3.3 American Civil War 3.4 Recent history 4 Modifications 5 River borders 6 Atlanta 7 Flooding 8 Gauges 9 Tributaries 10 Popular culture 11 See also 12 References 13 External links Course Visitors putting their rafts, canoes and kayaks in the Chattahoochee River Visitors on rafts, canoes and kayaks in the Chattahoochee River The source of the Chattahoochee River is located in Jacks Gap at the southeastern foot of Jacks Knob, in the very southeastern corner of Union County, in the southern Blue Ridge Mountains, a subrange of the Appalachian Mountains. The headwaters of the river flow south from ridges that form the Tennessee Valley Divide. The Appalachian Trail crosses the river 's uppermost headwaters. The Chattahoochee 's source and upper course lies within Chattahoochee National Forest. From its source in the Blue Ridge Mountains, the Chattahoochee River flows southwesterly to Atlanta and through its suburbs. It eventually turns due - south to form the southern half of the Georgia / Alabama state line. Flowing through a series of reservoirs and artificial lakes, it flows by Columbus, the second - largest city in Georgia, and the Fort Benning Army base. At Columbus, it crosses the Fall Line of the eastern United States. From Lake Oliver to Fort Benning, the Chattahoochee Riverwalk provides cycling, rollerblading, and walking along 15 miles ( 24 km ) of the river 's banks. Farther south, it merges with the Flint River and other tributaries at Lake Seminole near Bainbridge, to form the Apalachicola River that flows into the Florida Panhandle. Although the same river, this portion was given a different name by separated settlers in different regions during the colonial times. Etymology and nicknames The name Chattahoochee is thought to come from a Muskogean word meaning `` rocks - marked '' ( or `` painted '' ), from chato ( `` rock '' ) plus huchi ( `` marked '' ). This possibly refers to the many colorful granite outcroppings along the northeast - to - southwest segment of the river. Much of that segment of the river runs through the Brevard fault zone. A local Georgia nickname for the Chattahoochee River is `` The Hooch ''. History Early history The vicinity of the Chattahoochee River was inhabited in prehistoric times by indigenous peoples since at least 1000 BC. The Kolomoki Mounds, now protected in the Kolomoki Mounds Historic Park near present - day Blakely in Early County in southwest Georgia, were built from 350 AD to 650 AD and constitute the largest mound complex in the state. Removal of Native Americans Among the historical Indigenous nations, the Chattahoochee served as a dividing line between the Muscogee ( Creek ) ( to the east ) and the Cherokee territories ( to the west ) in the Southeast. The Chattahoochee River became the dividing point for the Creek Confederacy, which straddled the river and became known as the Upper Creek Red Sticks and the Lower Creek White Sticks. The United States accomplished the removal of Native Americans, to extinguish their claims and make way for European - American settlement, through a series of treaties, land lotteries, and forced removals lasting from 1820 through 1832. The Muscogee were first removed from the southeastern side of the river, and then the Cherokee from the northwest. American Civil War The Chattahoochee River was of considerable strategic importance during the Atlanta Campaign by Union General William Tecumseh Sherman of the American Civil War. Between the tributaries of Proctor Creek and Nickajack Creek on the Cobb and Fulton county lines in metropolitan Atlanta, are nine remaining `` Shoupades '' that were part of a defensive line occupied by the Confederate Army in early July 1864. Designed by Confederate Brigadier General Francis A. Shoup, the line became known as Johnston 's River Line after Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. A month prior to the Battle of Atlanta, Shoup talked with Johnston on June 18, 1864 about building fortifications. Johnston agreed, and Shoup supervised the building of 36 small elevated earth and wooden triangular fortifications, arranged in a sawtooth pattern to maximize the crossfire of defenders. Sherman tried to avoid the Shoupade defenses by crossing the river to the northeast. The nine remaining Shoupades consist of the earthworks portion of the original earth and wooden structures ; they are endangered by land development in the area. Two of the last battles of the war, West Point and Columbus took place at strategically important crossings of the Chattahoochee. Recent history Since the nineteenth century, early improvements and alterations to the river were for the purposes of navigation. The river was important for carrying trade and passengers and was a major transportation route. In the twentieth century, the United States Congress passed legislation in 1944 and 1945 to improve navigation for commercial traffic on the river, as well as to establish hydroelectric power and recreational facilities on a series of lakes to be created by building dams and establishing reservoirs. Creating the manmade, 46,000 - acre Walter F. George Lake required evacuating numerous communities, including the historically majority - Native American settlement of Oketeyeconne, Georgia. The lakes were complete in 1963, covering over numerous historic and prehistoric sites of settlement. Beginning in the late twentieth century, the nonprofit organization called `` Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper '' has advocated for the preservation of the environment and ecology of the northern part of the river, especially the part traversing Metropolitan Atlanta. In 2010, a campaign to create a whitewater river course was launched in the portion of the Chattahoochee River that runs through Columbus, Georgia. Between 2010 and 2013, construction took place on the river, the Eagle and Phenix and City Mills Dams were breached and a 2.5 mile Whitewater Course was formed in Uptown, Columbus. The project returned the river to its natural path across the Fall Line, as well as creating the longest urban whitewater course in the world. Modifications Several large manmade reservoirs, including Lanier, Walter F. George, West Point, and George W. Andrews, lakes are controlled by the United States Army Corps of Engineers. The dams and reservoirs were developed following legislation by Congress of the mid-1940s for flood control, domestic and industrial water, hydroelectricity, recreation, and improved navigation for river barges. Most of the lakes were completed by 1963. Numerous historic and prehistoric sites were covered over by the lakes during the flooding of the reservoirs, including Oketeyconne, Georgia. The Georgia Power Company also owns a small series of dams along the middle portion of the river ( the Columbus area ) between West Point Lake and Lake Walter F. George. 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 held by the Morgan Falls Dam. This dam was built by the Georgia Railway and Power Company in 1902 to provide electric power for the Atlanta trolley system, which has long since been replaced by other forms of transportation. River borders The Chattahoochee River in Autumn At various points, the Chattahoochee serves as the boundary between several counties and cities, as well as forming the lower half of the boundary between Alabama and Georgia. Within Georgia, it divides : Habersham County and White County Forsyth County and Hall County Forsyth County and Gwinnett County Fulton County and Gwinnett County Sandy Springs and Roswell Cobb County and Fulton County Douglas County and Fulton County Carroll County and Fulton County Carroll County and Coweta County Columbus, Georgia and Phenix City, Alabama Atlanta The Ramblin ' Raft Race, an annual event in Atlanta, was cancelled in 1980 due to environmental concerns Atlanta is built upon the crest of a large ridge, rather than in the floodplain of the river. This has contributed the preservation of much of the natural scenic beauty of the section that runs through metropolitan Atlanta. North of the metropolis, the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area protects other portions of the riverbanks in a region that is spread across several disconnected areas. The river traverses through much of Atlanta 's hilly topography of the northern suburbs. Wealthy suburban communities in northern metro Atlanta that abut the river include : Vinings, Buckhead, Sandy Springs, East Cobb, Roswell, Dunwoody, Peachtree Corners, Johns Creek, and Berkeley Lake. Since three states have needs related to the river, there has been increasing controversy since the late twentieth century related to competing development among the regions and the implications for the river. The enormous growth of metropolitan Atlanta has increased its water withdrawals from the river. This has effects downstream. For example, the oysters in the Apalachicola Bay of Florida depend on the brackish water mixture of river and ocean water, and the alternating freshwater and saltwater flows that the river and the tides provide. The amount of flow in the Chattahoochee has also been decreased by interbasin water transfers, where water is withdrawn from the Chattahoochee, but discharged as treated sewage water into another river, such as the Oconee River, which flow to the Atlantic Seaboard via the Altamaha River. Interest groups and the state of Florida have asked the U.S. Congress to intervene to reduce the priority given to put navigation of the lower Chattahoochee, south of Columbus, by river barge. This requirement causes large water withdrawals, which environmental supporters consider a waste of water needed to support habitats, especially during droughts. The navigation issue has aggravated the fight between Georgia, Florida, and Alabama over rights to the river water. A lawsuit has been filed in the case to reduce priorities given to navigation. The lawsuit is now in court, and may take years to resolve. Flooding This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. ( June 2008 ) The most recent major flooding of the Chattahoochee River took place in November 2009. This was caused by torrential rains from Tropical Storm Ida as it tore through the Georgia Piedmont. Downstream from Roswell, the Chattahoochee River remained in moderate flood stage. Streams affected by the September 2009 floods included the following : Chattahoochee River Vickery Creek Johns Creek Sweetwater Creek Nancy Creek Peachtree Creek Oconee River James Creek The second most recent major flood along the river occurred during the 2009 Georgia floods, with 28.10 feet ( 8.56 m ) of water recorded at Vinings at the northwestern Atlanta city limit. The flood was over 5 feet ( 1.5 m ) higher than the previous flood recorded in September 2004, as a result of Hurricane Fred. Numerous tributaries also swelled far over and beyond their banks. These were the highest water levels seen since 1990, and the second - highest ever since the large Buford Dam was built upstream. The National Weather Service in Peachtree City estimated that this was a 500 - year flood event. Gauges The main stream gauges are located : at Helen ( near downtown ) near Cornelia ( 6 miles or 10 km northwest of ) near Buford ( 4 miles or 6 km northwest of ) immediately down from Buford Dam near Norcross ( 5 miles or 8 km north of ) on Medlock Bridge Road near Roswell ( 4 miles or 6 km southeast of ) just off old Riverside Road below Morgan Falls Dam TW at Vinings ( 3 miles or 5 km southwest of ) and Atlanta on Pace 's Ferry Road bridge near Campbellton ( 1 mile or 2 km northwest of ) and Fairburn on Georgia 92 bridge at Whitesburg ( 2 miles or 3 km southeast of ) at Main Street ( Georgia 18 ) bridge at Franklin at Main Street ( U.S. 27 ) bridge in downtown at West Point ( 1 mile or 2 km `` northeast '', actually north, of the center of town ) at Columbus on 4th Street N ( U.S. 280 ) bridge to Phenix City, Alabama at Walter F. George Dam ( USACE ) in Fort Gaines at George W. Andrews Lake & dam ( USACE ) south of Columbia, Alabama then in November 2009 it flooded Vinings again. Water - level forecasts are regularly issued only at Vinings and Atlanta. Forecasts are issued only during high water at Norcross, Whitesburg, West Point, and the Lake Walter F. George and Andrews Dams. All other locations have observations only. Tributaries 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 at the Devil 's Shoals, East Palisades Park, Fulton County, Georgia Sweetwater Creek Tributary creeks, streams, and rivers, as well as lakes, along with the county they are in : Dukes Creek ( White ) Smith Creek ( White ) Chickamauga Creek ( White ) Blue Creek ( White ) White Creek ( White ) Mossy Creek ( White ) Amys Creek ( Habersham ) Soque River ( Habersham ) Mud Creek ( Habersham and Hall ) Hagen Creek ( Hall ) Flat Creek ( White and Hall ) Helen gauge ( HDCG1 ) Big Creek ( Hall ) Lake Lanier and Buford Dam ( Dawson, Forsyth, Gwinnett, Hall, and Lumpkin ) Chestatee River ( Dawson / Hall border, Forsyth / Hall border, and Lumpkin ) Six Mile Creek ( Forsyth ) James Creek ( Forsyth ) Johns Creek ( Forsyth and north Fulton, city of Johns Creek, Georgia ) Bald Ridge Creek ( Forsyth ) Audry Mill Creek ( North Fulton ) Crooked Creek ( DeKalb ) Young Deer Creek ( Forsyth ) Four Mile Creek ( Forsyth ) Dick Creek ( Forsyth ) Level Creek ( Gwinnett ) Haw Creek ( Forsyth ) Two Mile Creek ( Forsyth ) Shoal Creek ( Gwinnett and Hall ) Suwanee Creek ( Gwinnett ) Brushy Creek ( Gwinnett ) Richland Creek ( Gwinnett ) Rogers Creek ( Gwinnett ) Norcross gauge ( NCRG1 ) Mavern Creek ( north Fulton ) Old Mill Creek ( north Fulton ) Vickery Creek ( Forsyth, north Fulton ) Roswell gauge ( RWLG1 ) Willeo Creek ( Cobb / Fulton border ) Bull Sluice Lake and Morgan Falls Dam Ball Mill Creek ( DeKalb and Fulton ) Beech Creek ( Fulton ) Summerbrook Creek ( Fulton ) Mountain Health Creek ( Fulton ) Arrowhead Creek ( Cobb ) Mulberry Creek ( Cobb ) Nancy Creek ( DeKalb and Fulton ) Nannyberry Creek ( Cobb ) Nickajack Creek ( Cobb ) Owl Creek ( Cobb ) Rottenwood Creek ( Cobb ) Sope Creek ( Cobb ) Trout Lily Creek ( Cobb ) Vinings gauge at Pace 's Ferry ( VING1 ) Peachtree Creek ( Fulton ) Proctor Creek ( Fulton ) Cabin Creek ( Fulton ) Camp Creek ( Fulton ) Charlie 's Trapping Creek ( Fulton ) Crooked Creek ( Fulton and Gwinnett ) Dog River ( Douglas ) Hewlett Creek ( Fulton ) Long Island Creek ( Fulton ) Marsh Creek ( Fulton ) Whitewater Creek ( Fulton ) Sandy Creek ( Fulton ) Sweetwater Creek ( Cobb, Douglas, and Paulding ) Pea Creek ( south Fulton ) Pine Creek ( south Fulton ) Deep Creek ( south Fulton ) Mill Branch ( south Fulton ) Brock Branch ( south Fulton ) Browns Lake ( south Fulton ) Anneewakee Creek ( Douglas ) Basket Creek ( Douglas ) Bear Creek ( Douglas ) Bear Creek ( south Fulton ) Tuggle Creek ( south Fulton ) White Oak Creek ( south Fulton ) Turkey Creek ( south Fulton ) Gilberts Branch ( Douglas ) Hurricane Creek ( Carroll and Douglas ) Wolf Creek ( Carroll ) Snake Creek ( Carroll ) Wahoo Creek ( Coweta ) Whitesburg gauge ( WHTG1 ) Mulberry Creek ( Harris and Talbot ) Pataula Creek ( Clay, Quitman, Randolph, and Stewart ) Bull Creek ( Muscogee ) Upatoi Creek ( Chattahoochee / Muscogee border and Marion / Talbot border ) Moores Creek ( Langdale, AL ) West Point gauge ( WTPG1 ) 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 ) Lake Oliver ( Lee, AL, Russell, AL, and Muscogee, GA ) Columbus gauge ( CMUG1 ) Walter F. George Lake ( Barbour, Henry, Houston, and Russell, AL and Clay, Quitman, and Stewart, GA ) Omussee Creek ( Houston, AL ) Lake Seminole ( Jackson, FL, Decatur, GA, and Seminole, GA ) Acorn Creek Note that the above list is incomplete, and that each item is not in the exact order in which it joins the Chattahoochee. ( For confluences now inundated by lakes, it may be impossible to determine from current maps exactly where they were. ) Popular culture The beauty of the Chattahoochee River is commemorated in the epic poem The Song of the Chattahoochee ( 1877 ), by the noted Georgian poet Sidney Lanier. Lake Lanier on the Chattahoochee is named for him. Country music artist Alan Jackson released his song `` Chattahoochee '' in 1993 as a single off his album A Lot About Livin ' ( And a Little ' bout Love ). `` Chattahoochee '' received Country Music Association awards for Single of the Year and Song of the Year. See also List of Alabama rivers List of Florida rivers List of Georgia rivers Metropolitan River Protection Act References Jump up ^ Calculated in Google Maps and Google Earth ^ Jump up to : U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System : Chattahoochee River ^ Jump up to : `` Chattahoochee - Flint River Basin ''. River Basin Center. Archived from the original on June 9, 2010. Retrieved 4 August 2010. Jump up ^ `` Water resources data for the United States, Water Year 2009 ; gage 02343801, Chattahoochee River near Columbia, GA '' ( PDF ). USGS. Retrieved 4 August 2010. Jump up ^ `` EPA MyWaters Mapper ''. Environmental Protection Agency. Retrieved 2015 - 12 - 03. Jump up ^ `` Geographic Names Information System ( GNIS ) ''. USGS. Retrieved 2015 - 12 - 03. Jump up ^ Barnett, Cynthia ( 2011 - 09 - 20 ). Blue Revolution : Unmaking America 's Water Crisis. Beacon Press. ISBN 9780807003183. Jump up ^ `` Chattahoochee River ''. New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved 27 November 2010. Jump up ^ `` Kolomoki Mounds ''. New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved 27 November 2010. Jump up ^ Hatch, Thom ( 2012 ). Osceola and the Great Seminole War. New York : St. Martin 's Press. pp. 18 -- 19. Jump up ^ `` Land Lottery System ''. New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved 27 November 2010. Jump up ^ `` Endangered Sites ''. Georgia Battlefields Association. Archived from the original on September 21, 2010. Retrieved 27 November 2010. ^ Jump up to : `` Oketeyeconne / Chattahoochee Theater '', Historical Marker Database, accessed 23 June 2012 ^ Jump up to : `` Apalachicola - Chattahoochee - Flint River System History '' Archived April 30, 2012, at the Wayback Machine., US Army Corps of Engineers, accessed 23 June 2012 Jump up ^ `` Chattahoocheee River National Recreation Area, National Park Service Jump up ^ HELG1 Jump up ^ DCNG1 Jump up ^ BUFG1 Jump up ^ NCRG1 Jump up ^ RWLG1 Jump up ^ MGFG1 Jump up ^ VING1 Jump up ^ FBNG1 Jump up ^ WHTG1 Jump up ^ FRNG1 Jump up ^ WTPG1 Jump up ^ CMUG1 Jump up ^ FOGG1 Jump up ^ COLA1 Jump up ^ `` The Song of the Chattahoochee ''. About North Georgia. Retrieved 27 November 2010. Jump up ^ `` Alan Jackson Biography ''. About.com. Retrieved 2007 - 08 - 07. External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Chattahoochee River. Five piece series on the Chattahoochee River Fishing in Nancy Creek Chattahoochee River Reservoirs and Dams Nora Mill Dam Lake Lanier / Buford Dam Bull Sluice Lake / Morgan Falls Dam West Point Lake Langdale Dam Crow Hop Dam Riverview Dam Lake Harding Goat Rock Lake Lake Oliver North Highlands Dam City Mills Dam Eagle & Phenix Dam Walter F. George Lake George W. Andrews Lake Lake Seminole Atlanta landmarks Current Commercial Atlantic Station AmericasMart Clermont Lounge Five Points Coca - Cola sign Lenox Square Mary Mac 's Tea Room Phipps Plaza Ponce City Market Underground Atlanta The Varsity Governmental Atlanta City Hall Elbert P. 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Question: which river forms the border between georgia and alabama
Answer: The Chattahoochee River