Complex sentence: It begins at the confluence of the Oostanaula and Etowah Rivers in Rome, Georgia, and ends just northeast of the Alabama state capital, Montgomery, where it joins the Tallapoosa River to form the Alabama River just south of Wetumpka.
Split into simpler sentences: It begins at the confluence of the Oostanaula and Etowah Rivers in Rome, Georgia. The river starts in Rome, Georgia and ends just northeast of the Alabama state capital, Montgomery, where it joins the Tallapoosa River to form the Alabama River just south of Wetumpka.