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Tombigbee

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Tombigbee (tŏmbĭg`bē), river, c.400 mi (640 km) long, rising in NE Miss. and flowing SE into W Alabama, then generally S to join the Alabama River and form the Mobile River before entering into Mobile Bay at Mobile. The Tombigbee is an important artery for manufactured goods. Dams and locks improve navigation on the river. In 1972 construction was begun on a canal between the Tombigbee and Tennessee rivers. The 253-mi (407-km) waterway, completed in 1984, is another modern link in a navigable system from the Tennessee Valley to the Gulf Coast.


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STUDY OF PROTISTS IN THE ALABAMA, APALACHICOLA, CHOCTAWHATCHEE, TENNESEE, AND TOMBIGBEE RIVERS.
A drive through this pretty town nestled on the bluffs of the Tombigbee River in the springtime is breathtaking.
That was the $4 billion Thyssen Krupp AG steel and stainless steel plant that will be built on the Tombigbee River northeast of Mobile and will employ 2,800 and create as many as 38,000 indirect jobs during the next 20 years.
 
 
 
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