Savannah River
| Savannah River | ||
 Paddle steamer on the Savannah River |
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| Data | ||
| Water code | US : 1253486 | |
| location | South Carolina , Georgia (USA) | |
| River system | Savannah River | |
| Drain over | Savannah River → Atlantic Ocean | |
| origin | Confluence of the Seneca River and Tugaloo River in Lake Hartwell 34 ° 26 ′ 37 ″ N , 82 ° 51 ′ 22 ″ W |
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| Source height | 201 m | |
| muzzle | in the Atlantic Ocean Coordinates: 32 ° 2 ′ 16 ″ N , 80 ° 51 ′ 0 ″ W 32 ° 2 ′ 16 ″ N , 80 ° 51 ′ 0 ″ W |
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| Mouth height | 0 m | |
| Height difference | 201 m | |
| Bottom slope | 0.36 ‰ | |
| length | 560 km | |
| Reservoirs flowed through |
Lake Hartwell , Richard B. Russell Lake , J. Strom Thurmond Lake |
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| Big cities | Augusta , Savannah | |
The Savannah River is an approximately 350 miles long river in the southeastern United States that forms most of the border between the US states of Georgia and South Carolina . The river has its source in the southeastern part of the Appalachian Mountains in the state of North Carolina and is embedded in the eastern watershed . The most important tributaries are the Tugaloo River and the Seneca River .
The main cities along the river are Savannah and Augusta .
The river was an important factor in Georgia's economic development in the 18th century.
history
In 1733 the city of Savannah was founded on the Savannah River as an Atlantic seaport and three years later the city of Augusta , which lies on the south bank of the river that forms the state border between Georgia and South Carolina. The Savannah River near Augusta with a series of small waterfalls overcomes the height difference between the hill country to the west and the Atlantic coastal plain and is therefore only navigable up to Augusta, which was the main reason for founding a city at this point.
Between 1946 and 1985, the US Army Corps of Engineers built three large dams on the Savannah River for power generation, flow control and shipping: J. Strom Thurmond Dam (1954), Hartwell Dam (1962) and Richard B. Russell Dam (1985) . The associated reservoirs extend together over an original river length of 190 km.
economy
Near Augusta is Savannah River Site , a large military zone of the US Department of Energy (DOE) with a plant for the reprocessing of nuclear fuels and the production of nuclear weapons .
Web links
- Savannah River ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved February 9, 2011.
