Buffalo River (Georgia)

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Buffalo River
Country United States
US state Georgia

The Buffalo River is a 4.5-mile-long (7.2 km) [1] tidal river northwest of Brunswick, Georgia. It is part of the Brunswick River network of tidal channels along the Atlantic coast of the U.S. state of Georgia.

Brunswick, Georgia City in Georgia, United States

Brunswick is a city in and the county seat of Glynn County, Georgia, United States. As the major urban and economic center of the state's lower southeast, it is the second-largest urban area on the Georgia coast after Savannah and contains the Brunswick Old Town Historic District.

Brunswick River (Georgia) river in Georgia (USA)

The Brunswick River is a 6-mile-long (10 km) tidal river in Georgia. It begins at the Sidney Lanier Bridge at Brunswick, Georgia, at the confluence of the Turtle River with the East River, and flows east to St. Simons Sound, the strait between Saint Simons Island to the north and Jekyll Island to the south.

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The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's oceans, with an area of about 106,460,000 square kilometers. It covers approximately 20 percent of the Earth's surface and about 29 percent of its water surface area. It separates the "Old World" from the "New World".

The stream begins at the confluence of the Little Buffalo Creek with Buffalo Creek southeast of Anguilla at 31°14′49″N81°35′22″W / 31.24694°N 81.58944°W / 31.24694; -81.58944 . [2] The stream flows through the swampy area west of Oak Grove Island to its confluence with the Turtle River at 31°12′55″N81°34′41″W / 31.21528°N 81.57806°W / 31.21528; -81.57806 Coordinates: 31°12′55″N81°34′41″W / 31.21528°N 81.57806°W / 31.21528; -81.57806 . [2] [3] [4]

Confluence Meeting of two or more bodies of flowing water

In geography, a confluence occurs where two or more flowing bodies of water join together to form a single channel. A confluence can occur in several configurations: at the point where a tributary joins a larger river ; or where two streams meet to become the source of a river of a new name ; or where two separated channels of a river rejoin at the downstream end.

Anguilla is an unincorporated community in Glynn County, in the U.S. state of Georgia.

Turtle River (Georgia) river in Georgia (USA)

The Turtle River is a 17.6-mile-long (28.3 km) tidal river in the vicinity of Brunswick, Georgia. It is the main tributary of the Brunswick River.

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-04-05 at WebCite , accessed April 21, 2011
  2. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Buffalo River
  3. ↑ Stirling, Georgia, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1978 (1991 rev.)
  4. ↑ Brunswick West, Georgia, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1956 (1976 rev.)


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