Relief (m)
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229
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Basin area (km2)
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2,044
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Mean discharge (m3/s)
(1929-1999)
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23
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River order
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5
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Mean
precipitation/yr (cm)
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139
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Physiographic
province
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Southeastern
Coastal Plain
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Terrestrial
biome |
Eastern
Deciduous Forest |
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#
of fish species |
83 |
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#
of endangered species |
0 |
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Major
fishes: Spotted and longnose gars, American eel,
gizzard and threadfin shads, blacktail shiner, pretty shiner, silver chub,
mimic shiner, bluntnose and bullhead minnows, quillback, smallmouth buffalo,
Alabama hog sucker spotted sucker, river, golden and blacktail redhorses,
channel catfish, redfin and chain pickerels, shadow bass, warmouth, bluegill,
longear, redear, and redspotted sunfishes, spotted and largemouth basses, naked
sand darter, southern sand darter, rock darter, blackbanded darter, dusky
darter, saddleback darter, Mobile logperch, and freshwater drum
Major
invertebrates: Mussels – 34 species, including southern
fatmucket, yellow sandshell, little spectaclecase, Alabama orb, bleufer;
Trichoptera – 51 species, including Cheumatopsyche
pasella, Hydroptila quinola, Ceraclera flava, Oecetis sphyra, Chimarra moselyi
Non-native
fish species: Eleven species of freshwater fishes have
been introduced; three species (goldfish and grass and common carps) are exotic
species.
Major
riparian plants: bald cypress, eastern
cottonwood, swamp cottonwood, mockernut hickory, river birch, American
hornbeam, American beech, southern red oak water oak, live oak, American elm,
yellow-poplar, sweetgum, American sycamore, American holly, red maple, backgum,
water tupelo, swamp tupelo, carolina ash
From:
Ward, G.M., P. Harris, and A. K. Ward. 2003. Eastern Gulf Region (Mobile,
Pearl, Apalachicola, Suwanee, Cahaba Rivers).
In: Rivers of North America (A. C. Benke and C. E. Cushing,
eds.). Academic Press. In Press.