Savannah

Savannah

1. a port in the US, in E Georgia, near the mouth of the Savannah River: port of departure of the Savannah for Liverpool (1819), the first steamship to cross the Atlantic. Pop.: 127 573 (2003 est.)

2. a river in the southeastern US, formed by the confluence of the Tugaloo and Seneca Rivers in NW South Carolina: flows southeast to the Atlantic. Length: 505 km (314 miles)

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A zone in each hemisphere extending between the equatorial belt and the tropics. Temperatures remain fairly high in this region throughout the year. The region has two distinct dry and wet seasons.

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Savannah

 

a city in the southeastern United States, in the state of Georgia. Population, 105,000 (1974; with suburbs, 200,000). A port at the mouth of the Savannah River accessible to seagoing vessels, the city had a freight turnover of approximately 5 million tons in 1972. There is a paper combine, a shipyard, and sugar, chemical, and woodworking industries. The city also has a cotton market. Savannah was founded in 1733.

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Savannah

 

a river in the southeastern United States. The Savannah is 725 km long and drains an area of 27,200 sq km. It originates in the Appalachians from the confluence of the Tugaloo and Seneca rivers, crosses the Piedmont plateau and the Atlantic lowland, and empties into the Atlantic Ocean. Fed by subsurface water and rain, the Savannah experiences its maximum flow rate in spring and its minimum in summer. The mean flow rate is 336 cu m per sec. The river is navigable to Augusta, 356 km from the mouth. There is a hydroelectric power plant on the Savannah, and the port city of Savannah is situated near the river’s mouth.

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