Tallapoosa River


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Tal·la·poo·sa River

 (tăl′ə-po͞o′sə)
A river rising in northwest Georgia and flowing about 380 km (235 mi) generally southwest to central Alabama, where it joins the Coosa River to form the Alabama River.
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Noun1.Tallapoosa River - river that rises in northwestern Georgia and flows southwest through central Alabama to join the Coosa River near Montgomery and form the Alabama RiverTallapoosa River - river that rises in northwestern Georgia and flows southwest through central Alabama to join the Coosa River near Montgomery and form the Alabama River
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Alabama, Camellia State, Heart of Dixie, AL - a state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War
Empire State of the South, Georgia, Peach State, GA - a state in southeastern United States; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War
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The proposed critical habitat includes portions of the Tombigbee River drainage in Mississippi and Alabama; portions of the Black Warrior River drainage in Alabama; portions of the Alabama River drainage in Alabama; portions of the Cahaba River drainage in Alabama; portions of the Tallapoosa River drainage in Alabama and Georgia; and portions of the Coosa River drainage in Alabama, Georgia, and Tennessee.
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The proposed critical habitat includes portions of the Tombigbee River drainage in Mississippi and Alabama; portions of the Black Warrior River drainage in Alabama: portions of the Alabama River drainage in Alabama; portions of the Cahaba River drainage in Alabama; portions of the Tallapoosa River drainage in Alabama and Georgia; and portions of the Coosa River drainage in Alabama.
Proposed critical habitat designations
This scene has played out in this Tallapoosa River community thousands of times.
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In March 1814, Jackson's army of some 3,000 men, which included approximately 600 Cherokee and Creek allies, arrived at the bend of the Tallapoosa River where the Red Sticks were encamped.
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Before the boy's senior year a Church of Christ minister, and booster, baptized the twins in the Tallapoosa River, christening them Tryphena and Tryphosa, the names taken from the Epistle to the Romans, describing, in St.
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Lampsilis altilis, endemic to the Coosa and Tallapoosa river drainages, released superconglutinates in early March in water temperatures of 18.0 C (Haag et al., 1997) and 20 May 1996 (water temperature not given) (D.
Reproductive biology and juvenile recruitment of the shinyrayed pocketbook, Lampsilis subangulata (Bivalvia: Unionidae) in the Gulf Coastal Plain

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