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Coosa River

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The Coosa River is a tributary of the Alabama River in the U.S. states of Alabama and Georgia. [1]

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  1. 108 relations: Alabama, Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Alabama Power, Alabama River, Alabama sturgeon, Amber darter, Andrew Jackson, Atlantic Seaboard Fall Line, Bald eagle, Battle of Horseshoe Bend, Bigeye chub, Blue shiner, Bluegill, Bluestripe shiner, Catfish, Cherokee, Cherokee darter, Childersburg, Alabama, Clanton, Alabama, Cobble elimia, Coldwater darter, Columbiana, Alabama, Conasauga logperch, Confluence, Coosa chiefdom, Coosa County, Alabama, Coosa River Basin Initiative, Coosada, Alabama, Cotton gin, Crappie, Creek War, Drainage basin, Elimia lachryma, Endemism, Etheostoma etowahae, Etowah River, Extinction, Fort Mims massacre, Frecklebelly madtom, Freckled darter, Freckled madtom, French and Indian War, Gadsden, Alabama, Georgia (U.S. state), Goldline darter, Gray bat, Green salamander, Gulf of Mexico, Hernando de Soto, Holiday darter, ... Expand index (58 more) »

  2. ACT River Basin
  3. Georgia placenames of Native American origin

Alabama

Alabama is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States.

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Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources

The Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (ADCNR) is the state agency responsible for the conservation and management of Alabama's natural resources including state parks, state lands, wildlife and aquatic resources.

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Alabama Power

Alabama Power Company, headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, is a company in the southern United States that provides electricity service to 1.4 million customers in the southern two-thirds of Alabama.

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Alabama River

The Alabama River, in the U.S. state of Alabama, is formed by the Tallapoosa and Coosa rivers, which unite about north of Montgomery, near the town of Wetumpka. Coosa River and Alabama River are Alabama placenames of Native American origin and rivers of Alabama.

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Alabama sturgeon

The Alabama sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus suttkusi) is a species of sturgeon native to the United States of America and now only believed to exist in of the lower Alabama River.

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Amber darter

The amber darter (Percina antesella) is a small, endangered species of freshwater ray-finned fish, a darter from the subfamily Etheostomatinae, part of the family Percidae, which also contains the perches, ruffes and pikeperches.

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Andrew Jackson

Andrew Jackson (March 15, 1767 – June 8, 1845) was an American lawyer, planter, general, and statesman who served as the seventh president of the United States from 1829 to 1837.

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Atlantic Seaboard Fall Line

The Atlantic Seaboard Fall Line, or Fall Zone, is a escarpment where the Piedmont and Atlantic coastal plain meet in the eastern United States.

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Bald eagle

The bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) is a bird of prey found in North America.

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Battle of Horseshoe Bend

The Battle of Horseshoe Bend (also known as Tohopeka, Cholocco Litabixbee, or The Horseshoe), was fought during the War of 1812 in the Mississippi Territory, now central Alabama.

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Bigeye chub

Bigeye chub (Hybopsis amblops) is a species of freshwater fish in the carp family (Cyprinidae).

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Blue shiner

The blue shiner (Cyprinella caerulea) is a species of fish in the carp family.

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Bluegill

The bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus), sometimes referred to as "bream", "brim", "sunny", or, as is common in Texas, "copper nose", is a species of North American freshwater fish, native to and commonly found in streams, rivers, lakes, ponds and wetlands east of the Rocky Mountains.

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Bluestripe shiner

The bluestripe shiner (Cyprinella callitaenia) is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae.

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Catfish

Catfish (or catfishes; order Siluriformes or Nematognathi) are a diverse group of ray-finned fish.

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Cherokee

The Cherokee (translit, or translit) people are one of the Indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands of the United States.

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Cherokee darter

The Cherokee darter (Etheostoma scotti) is a rare species of freshwater ray-finned fish, a darter from the subfamily Etheostomatinae, part of the family Percidae, which also contains the perches, ruffes and pikeperches.

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Childersburg, Alabama

Childersburg is a city in Talladega County in the U.S. state of Alabama.

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Clanton, Alabama

Clanton is a city in Chilton County, Alabama, United States.

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Cobble elimia

The cobble elimia, scientific name Elimia vanuxemiana, is a species of freshwater snails, aquatic gilled gastropod molluscs with an operculum in the family Pleuroceridae.

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Coldwater darter

The coldwater darter (Etheostoma ditrema) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish, a darter from the subfamily Etheostomatinae, part of the family Percidae, which also contains the perches, ruffes and pikeperches.

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Columbiana, Alabama

Columbiana is a city and the county seat of Shelby County, Alabama, United States.

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Conasauga logperch

The Conasauga logperch (Percina jenkinsi) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish, a darter from the subfamily Etheostomatinae, part of the family Percidae, which also contains the perches, ruffes and pikeperches.

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Confluence

In geography, a confluence (also: conflux) occurs where two or more watercourses join to form a single channel.

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Coosa chiefdom

The Coosa chiefdom was a powerful Native American paramount chiefdom in what are now Gordon and Murray counties in Georgia, in the United States.

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Coosa County, Alabama

Coosa County is a county located in the east central portion of the U.S. state of Alabama. Coosa River and Coosa County, Alabama are Alabama placenames of Native American origin.

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Coosa River Basin Initiative

Coosa River Basin Initiative (CRBI) is a 501(c)(3) grassroots environmental organization based in Rome, Georgia, with the mission of informing and empowering citizens to protect, preserve and restore North America's most biologically diverse river basin, the Coosa. Coosa River and Coosa River Basin Initiative are rivers of Alabama.

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Coosada, Alabama

Coosada is a town in Elmore County, Alabama, United States. Coosa River and Coosada, Alabama are Alabama placenames of Native American origin.

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Cotton gin

A cotton gin—meaning "cotton engine"—is a machine that quickly and easily separates cotton fibers from their seeds, enabling much greater productivity than manual cotton separation.

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Crappie

Crappies are two species of North American freshwater fish of the genus Pomoxis in the family Centrarchidae (sunfishes).

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Creek War

The Creek War (also the Red Stick War or the Creek Civil War) was a regional conflict between opposing Native American factions, European powers, and the United States during the early 19th century.

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Drainage basin

A drainage basin is an area of land where all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean.

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Elimia lachryma

Elimia lachryma, the teardrop elimia or nodulose Coosa River snail is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Pleuroceridae.

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Endemism

Endemism is the state of a species only being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere.

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Etheostoma etowahae

Etheostoma etowahae, the Etowah darter, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish, a darter from the subfamily Etheostomatinae, part of the family Percidae, which also contains the perches, ruffes and pikeperches.

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Etowah River

The Etowah River is a U.S. Geological Survey. Coosa River and Etowah River are ACT River Basin and rivers of Georgia (U.S. state).

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Extinction

Extinction is the termination of a taxon by the death of its last member.

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Fort Mims massacre

The Fort Mims massacre took place on August 30, 1813, at a fortified homestead site 35-40 miles north of Mobile, Alabama, during the Creek War.

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Frecklebelly madtom

The frecklebelly madtom (Noturus munitus) is a species of fish in the family Ictaluridae endemic to the United States.

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Freckled darter

The freckled darter (Percina lenticula) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish, a darter from the subfamily Etheostomatinae, part of the family Percidae, which also contains the perches, ruffes and pikeperches.

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Freckled madtom

The freckled madtom (Noturus nocturnus) a species of freshwater madtom (catfish) found in the eastern United States.

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French and Indian War

The French and Indian War (1754–1763) was a theater of the Seven Years' War, which pitted the North American colonies of the British Empire against those of the French, each side being supported by various Native American tribes.

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Gadsden, Alabama

Gadsden is a city in and the county seat of Etowah County in the U.S. state of Alabama.

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Georgia (U.S. state)

Georgia, officially the State of Georgia, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States.

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Goldline darter

The goldline darter (Percina aurolineata) is a small species of freshwater ray-finned fish, a darter from the subfamily Etheostomatinae, part of the family Percidae, which also contains the perches, ruffes and pikeperches.

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Gray bat

The gray bat (Myotis grisescens) is a species of microbat endemic to North America.

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Green salamander

The green salamander (Aneides aeneus) is a species of lungless salamander in the family Plethodontidae.

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Gulf of Mexico

The Gulf of Mexico (Golfo de México) is an ocean basin and a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean, mostly surrounded by the North American continent.

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Hernando de Soto

Hernando de Soto (1497 – 21 May 1542) was a Spanish explorer and conquistador who was involved in expeditions in Nicaragua and the Yucatan Peninsula.

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Holiday darter

The holiday darter (Etheostoma brevirostrum) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish, a darter from the subfamily Etheostomatinae, part of the family Percidae, which also contains the perches, ruffes and pikeperches.

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Hydroelectricity

Hydroelectricity, or hydroelectric power, is electricity generated from hydropower (water power).

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Indian Territory

Indian Territory and the Indian Territories are terms that generally described an evolving land area set aside by the United States government for the relocation of Native Americans who held original Indian title to their land as an independent nation-state.

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Jordan Lake (Alabama)

Jordan Lake is a lake in Elmore County, Alabama.

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Lake sturgeon

The lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens), also known as the rock sturgeon, is a North American temperate freshwater fish, one of about 25 species of sturgeon.

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Largemouth bass

The largemouth bass (Micropterus nigricans) is a carnivorous freshwater ray-finned fish in the Centrarchidae (sunfish) family, native to the eastern and central United States, southeastern Canada and northern Mexico.

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Lay Dam

Lay Dam is a hydroelectric power dam on the Coosa River in Chilton County and Coosa County, near Clanton, Alabama.

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League of Nations

The League of Nations (LN or LoN; Société des Nations, SdN) was the first worldwide intergovernmental organisation whose principal mission was to maintain world peace.

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Leesburg, Alabama

Leesburg is a town in Cherokee County, Alabama, United States.

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Leptoxis ampla

Leptoxis ampla, common name the round rocksnail, is a species of freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Pleuroceridae.

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List of dams and reservoirs in Alabama

This article lists the dams and reservoirs in Alabama.

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List of rivers of Alabama

This is a list of rivers of the US state of Alabama. Coosa River and list of rivers of Alabama are rivers of Alabama.

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List of rivers of Georgia (U.S. state)

List of rivers of Georgia (U.S. state). Coosa River and List of rivers of Georgia (U.S. state) are rivers of Georgia (U.S. state).

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Longleaf pine

The longleaf pine (Pinus palustris) is a pine species native to the Southeastern United States, found along the coastal plain from East Texas to southern Virginia, extending into northern and central Florida.

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Lysimachia fraseri

Lysimachia fraseri is a rare species of flowering plant in the primrose family known by the common name Fraser's yellow loosestrife.

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Malaria

Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease that affects vertebrates.

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Marshallia mohrii

Marshallia mohrii, or Mohr's Barbara's buttons or Coosa Barbara's buttons, is a perennial herb species, endemic to the Southeastern United States, in several locations in Alabama, Georgia, and Florida.

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Mobile Bay

Mobile Bay is a shallow inlet of the Gulf of Mexico, lying within the state of Alabama in the United States. Coosa River and Mobile Bay are Alabama placenames of Native American origin.

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Mobile, Alabama

Mobile is a city and the county seat of Mobile County, Alabama, United States. Coosa River and Mobile, Alabama are Alabama placenames of Native American origin.

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Montgomery, Alabama

Montgomery is the capital city of the U.S. state of Alabama and the county seat of Montgomery County.

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Muscogee

The Muscogee, also known as the Mvskoke, Muscogee Creek or just Creek, and the Muscogee Creek Confederacy (in the Muscogee language; English), are a group of related Indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands Sequoyah Research Center and the American Native Press Archives in the United States.

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Native Americans in the United States

Native Americans, sometimes called American Indians, First Americans, or Indigenous Americans, are the Indigenous peoples native to portions of the land that the United States is located on.

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New Echota

New Echota was the capital of the Cherokee Nation in the Southeastern United States from 1825 until their forced removal in the late 1830s.

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Ohatchee, Alabama

Ohatchee (inc. 1956) is a town in Calhoun County, Alabama, United States. Coosa River and Ohatchee, Alabama are Alabama placenames of Native American origin.

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Oklahoma

Oklahoma (Choctaw: Oklahumma) is a state in the South Central region of the United States.

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Oostanaula River

The Oostanaula River (pronounced "oo-stuh-NA-luh") is a principal tributary of the Coosa River, about long,U.S. Geological Survey. Coosa River and Oostanaula River are ACT River Basin, Georgia placenames of Native American origin and rivers of Georgia (U.S. state).

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Pell City, Alabama

Pell City is a city in and one of the county seats of St. Clair County, Alabama, United States, the other seat being Ashville.

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Popeye

Popeye the Sailor is a fictional cartoon character created by Elzie Crisler Segar.

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Power station

A power station, also referred to as a power plant and sometimes generating station or generating plant, is an industrial facility for the generation of electric power.

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Province of Carolina

The Province of Carolina was a province of the Kingdom of England (1663–1707) and later the Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1712) that existed in North America and the Caribbean from 1663 until the Carolinas were partitioned into North and South in 1712.

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Rainbow City, Alabama

Rainbow City is a city in Etowah County, Alabama, United States.

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Red-cockaded woodpecker

The red-cockaded woodpecker (Leuconotopicus borealis) is a woodpecker endemic to the southeastern United States.

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River redhorse

The river redhorse (Moxostoma carinatum) is a species of freshwater fish endemic to the eastern half of the United States and southeastern Canada.

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Riverboat

A riverboat is a watercraft designed for inland navigation on lakes, rivers, and artificial waterways.

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Rome, Georgia

Rome is the largest city in and the county seat of Floyd County, Georgia, United States.

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Sagittaria secundifolia

Sagittaria secundifolia, also known as Kral's water plantain or Little River arrowhead is an endangered aquatic plant endemic to banks along the Little River of the U.S. states of Alabama and Georgia.

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Sarracenia oreophila

Sarracenia oreophila, also known as the green pitcherplant, is a carnivorous plant in the genus Sarracenia.

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Seven Years' War

The Seven Years' War (1756–1763) was a global conflict involving most of the European great powers, fought primarily in Europe and the Americas.

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Southern Company

Southern Company is an American gas and electric utility holding company based in the Southern United States.

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Southern hognose snake

Heterodon simus, commonly known as the southern hog-nosed snake, is a harmless snake species endemic to the southeastern United States.

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Southern United States

The Southern United States, sometimes Dixie, also referred to as the Southern States, the American South, the Southland, Dixieland, or simply the South, is a geographic and cultural region of the United States.

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Southside, Alabama

Southside is a city located in Etowah County in the U.S. state of Alabama.

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Spotted bass

The spotted bass (Micropterus punctulatus), also called spotty, or spots in various fishing communities, is a species of North American freshwater fish belonging to the sunfish family (Centrarchidae) of the order Perciformes.

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Striped bass

The striped bass (Morone saxatilis), also called the Atlantic striped bass, striper, linesider, rock, or rockfish, is an anadromous perciform fish of the family Moronidae found primarily along the Atlantic coast of North America.

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Suches, Georgia

Suches is an unincorporated community in Union County, Georgia, United States.

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Tallapoosa River

The Tallapoosa River runs U.S. Geological Survey. Coosa River and Tallapoosa River are ACT River Basin, Alabama placenames of Native American origin, Georgia placenames of Native American origin, rivers of Alabama and rivers of Georgia (U.S. state).

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Trail of Tears

The Trail of Tears was the forced displacement of approximately 60,000 people of the "Five Civilized Tribes" between 1830 and 1850, and the additional thousands of Native Americans within that were ethnically cleansed by the United States government.

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Treaty of Fort Jackson

The Treaty of Fort Jackson (also known as the Treaty with the Creeks, 1814) was signed on August 9, 1814 at Fort Jackson near Wetumpka, Alabama following the defeat of the Red Stick (Upper Creek) resistance by United States allied forces at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend.

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Treaty of Paris (1763)

The Treaty of Paris, also known as the Treaty of 1763, was signed on 10 February 1763 by the kingdoms of Great Britain, France and Spain, with Portugal in agreement, following Great Britain and Prussia's victory over France and Spain during the Seven Years' War.

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Trispot darter

The trispot darter (Etheostoma trisella) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish, a darter from the subfamily Etheostomatinae, part of the family Percidae, which also contains the perches, ruffes and pikeperches.

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U.S. state

In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50.

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United States Fish and Wildlife Service

The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS or FWS) is a U.S. federal government agency within the U.S. Department of the Interior which oversees the management of fish, wildlife, and natural habitats in the United States.

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United States Geological Survey

The United States Geological Survey (USGS), founded as the Geological Survey, is an agency of the United States government whose work spans the disciplines of biology, geography, geology, and hydrology.

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Walter Bouldin Dam

Walter Bouldin Dam is a dam in Elmore County, Alabama.

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Waxahatchee Creek

Waxahatchee Creek is a tributary of the lower Coosa River near Shelby, Alabama. Coosa River and Waxahatchee Creek are Alabama placenames of Native American origin and rivers of Alabama.

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Weiss Lake

Weiss Lake in northeastern Alabama is owned and operated by the Alabama Power Company.

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Wetumpka, Alabama

Wetumpka is a city in and the county seat of Elmore County, Alabama, United States. Coosa River and Wetumpka, Alabama are Alabama placenames of Native American origin.

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White bass

The white bass, silver bass, or sand bass (Morone chrysops) is a freshwater fish of the temperate bass family Moronidae.

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Yamasee War

The Yamasee War (also spelled Yamassee or Yemassee) was a conflict fought in South Carolina from 1715 to 1717 between British settlers from the Province of Carolina and the Yamasee, who were supported by a number of allied Native American peoples, including the Muscogee, Cherokee, Catawba, Apalachee, Apalachicola, Yuchi, Savannah River Shawnee, Congaree, Waxhaw, Pee Dee, Cape Fear, Cheraw, and others.

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See also

ACT River Basin

Georgia placenames of Native American origin

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coosa_River

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