Ogeechee River basin

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The Ogeechee River basin is a watershed in eastern Georgia that drains the Ogeechee River and its tributaries as they flow toward the Atlantic coast.

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Label Occurrences
Ogeechee River basin canonical 3
Ogeechee River (portion) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river basin
watershed
containsCity Louisville, Georgia
Statesboro, Georgia
Sylvania, Georgia
containsCounty Bulloch County, Georgia NERFINISHED
Chatham County, Georgia NERFINISHED
Effingham County, Georgia NERFINISHED
Jefferson County, Georgia NERFINISHED
Screven County, Georgia NERFINISHED
country United States of America
surface form: United States
downstreamRegion Coastal Plain region of Georgia
surface form: Atlantic Coastal Plain of Georgia
drainageTo Atlantic Ocean via Ossabaw Sound
drains Ogeechee River
tributaries of the Ogeechee River
ecoregion Southeastern Plains
Atlantic coastal plain
surface form: Southern Coastal Plain
emptiesInto Atlantic Ocean
flowsToward Atlantic coast
hasCharacteristic blackwater river system
free-flowing main stem without major federal dams
hasIssue habitat alteration in floodplain and riparian zones
nonpoint source pollution from agriculture and forestry
hasMajorRiver Ogeechee River
hasMouthNear Chatham County, Georgia NERFINISHED
Ossabaw Sound
hasTributaryRiver Black Creek
Canoochee River
King Creek
Mill Creek
Rocky Ford Creek
locatedIn East Georgia
surface form: eastern Georgia

U.S. state of Georgia
surface form: state of Georgia
managedBy Environmental Protection Division
surface form: Georgia Environmental Protection Division
monitoredBy Georgia Department of Natural Resources
United States Geological Survey
surface form: U.S. Geological Survey
partOf Atlantic slope basins of Georgia
sourceRegion Piedmont region of Georgia
surface form: Piedmont of Georgia
supportsHabitat bottomland hardwood forests
freshwater wetlands
tidal marshes near the coast
supportsSpecies anadromous fish such as American shad
largemouth bass
redbreast sunfish
supportsUse boating
hunting in floodplain areas
recreational fishing
timeZone Eastern Time Zone

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Louisville, Georgia locatedNear Ogeechee River basin
East Georgia river Ogeechee River basin
this entity surface form: Ogeechee River (portion)
Statesboro, Georgia nearRiverBasin Ogeechee River basin
Wadley, Georgia hasNearbyWaterBody Ogeechee River basin