Tensaw River

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Tensaw River
Tensaw at Blakeley.jpg
The Tensaw River in Blakeley, Alabama
Tensaw River
Location
CountryUnited States
State Alabama
County Baldwin County
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • coordinates 31°04′05″N87°57′47″W / 31.06795°N 87.96306°W / 31.06795; -87.96306
Mouth  
 • coordinates
 30°41′07″N88°00′25″W / 30.68519°N 88.00695°W / 30.68519; -88.00695
Length41 mi (66 km)

The Tensaw River is a river in Baldwin County, Alabama. The name "Tensaw" is derived from the historic indigenous Taensa people. [1]

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Overview

It is a distributary of the Mobile River, about 41 miles (66 km) long. It is formed as a bayou of the Mobile roughly 6 mi (9.7 km) south of the formation of the Mobile by the confluence of the Tombigbee and Alabama rivers, at 31°04′05″N87°57′47″W / 31.06795°N 87.96306°W / 31.06795; -87.96306 .

The Tensaw flows alongside the Mobile and Middle Rivers, with the Tensaw being the easternmost flowing river. Numerous back channels extend off the main channel into Baldwin County. It enters Mobile Bay at 30°41′07″N88°00′25″W / 30.68519°N 88.00695°W / 30.68519; -88.00695 , near Blakeley and Pinto Islands and around 1.8 mi (2.9 km) east of downtown Mobile. [2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Swanton, John Reed (1952). The Indian Tribes of North America. US Government Printing Office. p. 210. ISBN   978-0-8063-1730-4.{{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
  2. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Tensaw River


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