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2. Satilla River - Wikipedia

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   The Satilla River rises in Ben Hill County, Georgia, United States, near the town of Fitzgerald, and flows in a mostly easterly direction to the Atlantic Ocean. Along its approximately 235-mile (378 km) [1] course are the cities of Waycross, Waynesville, and Woodbine. The Satilla drains almost 4,000 square miles (10,000 km 2) of land, all of it ...

3. Yellow River (Georgia) - Wikipedia

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   Yellow River Park is a highly vegetated area located off Juhan Road in the city of Stone Mountain, Georgia - just southeast of the granite dome of Stone Mountain. The 566-acre (229 ha) park includes a 12-mile (19 km) trail that can be used for walking, hiking, and horse riding. The park has pavilions, grills, and a large playground, as well as ...

4. List of rivers of Georgia (U.S. state) - Wikipedia

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   Mississippi River. Ohio River. Tennessee River (TN) Hiwassee River. Toccoa River; Nottely River; Little Tennessee River; Miscellaneous. River Styx - Georgia has two very small rivers named after the mythical Styx. Both flow into swamps. One is in the Savannah River watershed, the other is in the St. Marys River watershed. Alphabetically

5. Altamaha River - Wikipedia

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   Altamaha River. /  31.95917°N 82.54361°W  / 31.95917; -82.54361. /  31.31583°N 81.28472°W  / 31.31583; -81.28472. The Altamaha River / ˈɑːltəməhɑː / is a major river in the U.S. state of Georgia. It flows generally eastward for 137 miles (220 km) from its origin at the confluence of the Oconee River and Ocmulgee River ...

6. Yazoo land scandal - Wikipedia

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   The Yazoo land scandal, Yazoo fraud, Yazoo land fraud, or Yazoo land controversy was a massive real-estate fraud perpetrated, in the mid-1790s, by Georgia governor George Mathews [1] and the Georgia General Assembly. Georgia politicians sold large tracts of territory in the Yazoo lands, in what are now portions of the present-day states of ...

7. Etowah River - Wikipedia

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   The Etowah River is a 164-mile-long (264 km) [1] waterway that rises northwest of Dahlonega, Georgia, north of Atlanta. On Matthew Carey's 1795 map the river was labeled "High Town River". On later maps, such as the 1839 Cass County map (Cass being the original name for Bartow County), it was referred to as "Hightower River", a name that was ...