Everything about The Tombigbee River totally explained
The
Tombigbee River is a tributary of the
Mobile River, approximately 400 mi (644 km) long, in the
U.S. states of
Mississippi and
Alabama. It is one of two major rivers, along with the
Alabama River, that unite to form the short Mobile River before it empties into
Mobile Bay on the
Gulf of Mexico. The Tombigbee watershed encompasses much of the rural
coastal plain of western Alabama and northeastern Mississippi, flowing generally southward. The river provides one of the principal routes of commercial navigation in the southern United States, navigable along much of its length through locks and connected in its upper reaches to the
Tennessee River via the
Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway. Pleasure boats cruising America's
Great loop use the waterway each year in the fall.
Description
The river begins in northeastern Mississippi in
Itawamba County. Historically, the beginning of the river was in northern
Monroe County, by the confluence of
Town Creek (also known as West Fork Tombigbee River) and
East Fork Tombigbee River. Today, however, what was once known as the east fork is now designated as the Tombigbee itself.
It flows south through
Aberdeen Lake near
Aberdeen, and
Columbus Lake near
Columbus. It flows through
Aliceville Lake on the Mississippi-Alabama border, then generally SSE across western Alabama in a highly
meandering course, past
Gainesville and
Demopolis, where it's joined from the northeast by the
Black Warrior River. South of Demopolis it flows generally south across southwestern Alabama, past
Jackson. It joins the Alabama from the north on the
Mobile-
Baldwin county line, approximately 30 mi (48 km) north of
Mobile, to form the Mobile River.
After the completion of the
Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway in
1985, much of the middle course of the river in northwestern Mississippi was diverted into the new straightened channel. Above Aberdeen Lake, the waterway flows alongside the original course of the river.
In addition to the Black Warrior, the river is joined by the
Buttahatchee River from the east north of Columbus, Mississippi. Approximately 10 mi (16 km) north of Gainesville it's joined from the north by the
Sipsey River. At Gainesville it's joined from the west by the
Noxubee River.
The
Choctaw National Wildlife Refuge is along the river in southwestern Alabama, approximately 20 mi (32 km) northwest of Jackson.
The upper reaches of the Tombigbee formed the homeland of the formidable
Chickasaw prior to their removal in 1838. The Tombigbee was the route taken by
Bienville's 1736 campaign against them.
Cahaba Incident
On
April 28,
1979, a tugboat called
Cahaba was on the Tombigbee near
Demopolis,
Alabama. It was passing under a drawbridge that failed to open while the river was near flood stage. The fast currents pinned the craft against the bridge in shallow waters. The force was so dramatic that it pulled the boat downward, tumbling it beneath the bridge, fully submerging it in the river. The boat emerged out the other side with mostly cosmetic damage and righted itself.
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