Flint River

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river

The Flint River is a major river in the southeastern United States that flows through western Georgia, playing a key role in the region’s ecology, agriculture, and water supply.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Flint River Basin 1
Flint River basin 1

Statements (56)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
basinCountry United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
crossesCounty Baker County, Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Clayton County, Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Crawford County, Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Crisp County ⓘ
surface form: Crisp County, Georgia

Decatur County, Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dooly County, Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dougherty County, Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Fulton County, Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lee County, Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Macon County, Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mitchell County, Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Spalding County, Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sumter County, Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Taylor County, Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Upson County, Georgia ⓘ
flowsDirection generally southward ⓘ
flowsThrough Flint River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Flint River Basin

western Georgia ⓘ
formsConfluenceWith Apalachicola–Chattahoochee–Flint River Basin ⓘ
surface form: Apalachicola River system

Chattahoochee River ⓘ
hasEcosystemType riparian habitat ⓘ
wetlands ⓘ
hasTributary Ichawaynochaway Creek NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kinchafoonee Creek NERFINISHED ⓘ
Muckalee Creek NERFINISHED ⓘ
Spring Creek NERFINISHED ⓘ
importantFor agriculture ⓘ
regional ecology ⓘ
water supply ⓘ
length approximately 344 miles ⓘ
approximately 553 kilometers ⓘ
locatedIn Atlantic coastal plain ⓘ
surface form: Coastal Plain of Georgia

Georgia ⓘ
Piedmont region of Georgia ⓘ
surface form: Piedmont of Georgia

Southern United States ⓘ
surface form: southeastern United States
mouth Lake Seminole ⓘ
mouthLocation near the Georgia–Florida border ⓘ
partOf Apalachicola–Chattahoochee–Flint River Basin ⓘ
passesThrough Atlanta urban area ⓘ
surface form: Atlanta metropolitan area region

central Georgia ⓘ
southwestern Georgia ⓘ
sourceLocation Piedmont region of Georgia ⓘ
near Atlanta, Georgia ⓘ
state Georgia ⓘ
subjectOf water management disputes in the ACF Basin ⓘ
supports fish species diversity ⓘ
wildlife habitat ⓘ
usedFor boating ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
industrial water supply ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ
municipal water supply ⓘ
recreation ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Union City, Georgia → drainageBasin → Flint River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Flint River basin
Flint River → flowsThrough → Flint River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Flint River Basin
Flint River Trail → follows → Flint River ⓘ
Lake Seminole → formedByRiver → Flint River ⓘ
Albany, Georgia → locatedOnRiver → Flint River ⓘ
subject surface form: Georgia