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The Apalachicola River is a river, approximately 112 mi (180 km) long in the U.S. state
U.S. state

A U.S. state is any one of the 50 state of the United States that share sovereignty with the federal government of the United States . Because of this shared sovereignty, an United States is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of Domicile ....
 Florida
Florida

Florida is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the northeast....
. The river's large watershed, known as the ACF River Basin
ACF River Basin

The ACF River Basin is the drainage basin of the Apalachicola River/Chattahoochee River/Flint River River Basin, in the United States, that begins in northern Georgia and flows into the Gulf of Mexico at Apalachicola Bay, near Apalachicola, Florida....
 for short, drains an area of approximately 19,500 sq mi (50,505 kmē) into the Gulf of Mexico
Gulf of Mexico

The Gulf of Mexico is the ninth largest body of water in the world. Considered a smaller part of the Atlantic Ocean, it is an oceanic basin largely surrounded by the North American continent and the island of Cuba....
. The distance to its farthest headstream in northwest Georgia
Georgia (U.S. state)

Georgia is a U.S. state in the United States and was one of the original Thirteen Colonies that revolted against United Kingdom rule in the American Revolution....
 is approximately 500 mi (800 km). Its name comes from the Apalachicola tribe
Apalachicola (tribe)

The Apalachicola were a group of Native Americans in the United Statess related to the Creek people. They spoke a Muskogean languages language related to Hitchiti....
, which used to live along the river.

It is formed on the state line between Florida and Georgia, near the town of Chattahoochee, Florida
Chattahoochee, Florida

Chattahoochee is a city in Gadsden County, Florida, Florida, United States. The population was 3,287 at the United States Census 2000. According to the U.S Census estimates of 2005, the city had a population of 3,720....
, approximately 60 mi northeast of Panama City
Panama City, Florida

The City of Panama City is a city located along U.S. Highway 98 in Bay County, Florida. It is the largest city between Pensacola, Florida and Tallahassee, Florida....
, by the confluence of the Flint
Flint River (Georgia)

The Flint River is an approximately long river, in the U.S. state of Georgia . The river drains 8,460 sq mi of western Georgia, flowing south from the upper Piedmont region south of Atlanta, Georgia to the wetlands of the coastal plain in the southwestern corner of the state....
 and Chattahoochee
Chattahoochee River

The Chattahoochee River runs from the Chattahoochee Spring in the Appalachian Mountains of northeastern Georgia , near the Carolinas, to the southwestward to Atlanta and through its suburbs....
 rivers.






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The Apalachicola River is a river, approximately 112 mi (180 km) long in the U.S. state
U.S. state

A U.S. state is any one of the 50 state of the United States that share sovereignty with the federal government of the United States . Because of this shared sovereignty, an United States is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of Domicile ....
 Florida
Florida

Florida is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the northeast....
. The river's large watershed, known as the ACF River Basin
ACF River Basin

The ACF River Basin is the drainage basin of the Apalachicola River/Chattahoochee River/Flint River River Basin, in the United States, that begins in northern Georgia and flows into the Gulf of Mexico at Apalachicola Bay, near Apalachicola, Florida....
 for short, drains an area of approximately 19,500 sq mi (50,505 kmē) into the Gulf of Mexico
Gulf of Mexico

The Gulf of Mexico is the ninth largest body of water in the world. Considered a smaller part of the Atlantic Ocean, it is an oceanic basin largely surrounded by the North American continent and the island of Cuba....
. The distance to its farthest headstream in northwest Georgia
Georgia (U.S. state)

Georgia is a U.S. state in the United States and was one of the original Thirteen Colonies that revolted against United Kingdom rule in the American Revolution....
 is approximately 500 mi (800 km). Its name comes from the Apalachicola tribe
Apalachicola (tribe)

The Apalachicola were a group of Native Americans in the United Statess related to the Creek people. They spoke a Muskogean languages language related to Hitchiti....
, which used to live along the river.

It is formed on the state line between Florida and Georgia, near the town of Chattahoochee, Florida
Chattahoochee, Florida

Chattahoochee is a city in Gadsden County, Florida, Florida, United States. The population was 3,287 at the United States Census 2000. According to the U.S Census estimates of 2005, the city had a population of 3,720....
, approximately 60 mi northeast of Panama City
Panama City, Florida

The City of Panama City is a city located along U.S. Highway 98 in Bay County, Florida. It is the largest city between Pensacola, Florida and Tallahassee, Florida....
, by the confluence of the Flint
Flint River (Georgia)

The Flint River is an approximately long river, in the U.S. state of Georgia . The river drains 8,460 sq mi of western Georgia, flowing south from the upper Piedmont region south of Atlanta, Georgia to the wetlands of the coastal plain in the southwestern corner of the state....
 and Chattahoochee
Chattahoochee River

The Chattahoochee River runs from the Chattahoochee Spring in the Appalachian Mountains of northeastern Georgia , near the Carolinas, to the southwestward to Atlanta and through its suburbs....
 rivers. The actual confluence is submerged in the Lake Seminole
Lake Seminole

Lake Seminole is a reservoir located in the southwest corner of Georgia along its border with Florida. The Chattahoochee River and Flint River rivers join in the lake, before flowing from the Jim Woodruff Lock and Dam, which impounds the lake, as the Apalachicola River....
 reservoir formed by the Jim Woodruff Dam. It flows generally south through the forests of the Florida Panhandle
Florida Panhandle

The Florida Panhandle is the region of the state of Florida which includes the westernmost 16 List of counties in Florida in the state. It is a narrow strip lying between Alabama on the north and the west, Georgia also on the north, and the Gulf of Mexico to the south....
, past Bristol
Bristol, Florida

Bristol is a city in Liberty County, Florida, Florida, United States. It serves as the county seat of Liberty County, Florida. In 2005 the population according to U.S Census estimates was 910....
. In northern Gulf County
Gulf County, Florida

Gulf County is a county located in the panhandle of the U.S. state of Florida. As of 2000, the population was 13,332. The United States Census Bureau 2005 estimate for the county is 13,975 ....
, it receives the Chipola River
Chipola River

The Chipola River is a tributary of the Apalachicola River in Florida. The 89-mile long river crosses Jackson County, Florida, Calhoun County, Florida and Gulf County, Florida counties....
 from the west. It flows into Apalachicola Bay
Apalachicola Bay

Apalachicola Bay is an estuary and lagoon located on Florida's northwest coast renowned for its oysters. The Apalachicola Bay system also includes St....
, an inlet of the Gulf of Mexico, at Apalachicola
Apalachicola, Florida

Apalachicola is a city in Franklin County, Florida, Florida on US 98 about 80 miles southwest of Tallahassee. The population was 2,334 at the 2000 census....
. The lower 30 mi (48 km) of the river is surrounded by extensive swamp
Swamp

A swamp is a wetland featuring temporary or permanent inundation of large areas of land, by shallow bodies of water. A swamp generally has a substantial number of hammock , or dry-land protrusions, covered by aquatic vegetation, or vegetation that tolerates periodical inundation....
s and wetlands except at the coast. The channel of the river is being dredged by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
United States Army Corps of Engineers

The United States Army Corps of Engineers is a federal agency and a major Army command made up of some 34,600 civilian and 650 military personnel, making it the world's largest public services engineering, design and construction management agency....
 to provide navigation due to a lawsuit with Florida. Except for the area around its mouth, the river provides the boundary between the Eastern
North American Eastern Time Zone

The Eastern Time Zone of the Western Hemisphere falls mostly along the east coast of North America and the west coast of South America. Its time offset is -5 hrs GMT or UTC-5 during standard time and UTC-4 during daylight saving time....
 and Central
Central Time zone

The Central Time Zone is in the Americas and observes standard time by subtracting six hours from Coordinated Universal Time during standard time and five hours during daylight saving time ....
 time zones in the United States.

Apalachicola River
The Apalachicola River is famous for its tupelo honey, a high quality Monofloral honey
Monofloral honey

Monofloral honey is a type of honey which has a high value in the marketplace because it has a distinctive flavor or other attribute due to its being predominantly from the nectar of one plant species....
, which is produced wherever the Tupelo
Tupelo

The tupelos, or pepperidge tree, genus Nyssa, are a small genus of about 9 to 11 species of trees with alternate, simple leaves....
 trees bloom in the southeastern United States, but the purest and most expensive version (which is certified by pollen analysis
Melissopalynology

Melissopalynology is the study of honey. By extension, it also includes the study of any pollen contained in honey as well as the pollen's source....
) is produced mainly in this basin and, to a lesser extent, in other panhandle river basins. In a good harvest year, the value of the tupelo honey crop produced by a group of specialized Florida beekeepers approaches US$1,000,000.

During Florida's British colonial period the river formed the boundary between East Florida
East Florida

East Florida was originally a part of Spanish Florida. Under the terms of the Treaty of Paris , which ended the Seven Years' War, Spain ceded all of its territory east and southeast of the Mississippi River to the Kingdom of Great Britain....
 and West Florida
West Florida

West Florida was a region on the north shore of the Gulf of Mexico, which underwent several boundary and sovereignty changes during its history....
.

List of crossings


See also

  • List of Florida rivers
    List of Florida rivers

    List of rivers in Florida ....
  • Voices of the Apalachicola
    Voices of the Apalachicola

    Voices of the Apalachicola is a book by Faith Eidse chronicling the history of the Apalachicola River in Northern Florida, a state in the United States....


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  • The river basin is home to a multitude of biological diversity.


Further reading

  • Light, H.M., M.R. Darst, and J.W. Grubbs. (1998). Aquatic habitats in relation to river flow in the Apalachicola River floodplain, Florida [U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1594]. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey.