Tensaw River

The Tensaw River is a river in Baldwin County, Alabama.

Tensaw River
The Tensaw River in Blakeley, Alabama
Location
CountryUnited States
StateAlabama
CountyBaldwin County
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • coordinates31.06795°N 87.96306°W / 31.06795; -87.96306
Mouth 
 • coordinates
30.68519°N 88.00695°W / 30.68519; -88.00695
Length41 miles (66 km)

The name Tensaw is derived from the historic indigenous Taensa people.[1]

Overview

It is a distributary of the Mobile River, approximately 41 miles (66 km) long. It is formed as a bayou of the Mobile approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) south of the formation of the Mobile by the confluence of the Tombigbee and Alabama rivers, at 31.06795°N 87.96306°W / 31.06795; -87.96306.

The Tensaw flows alongside the Mobile and Middle rivers, with the Tensaw being the easternmost flowing river. There are numerous back channels extending off the main channel into Baldwin County. It enters Mobile Bay at 30.68519°N 88.00695°W / 30.68519; -88.00695, near Blakeley and Pinto islands and approximately 1.8 miles (2.9 km) east of downtown Mobile.[2]

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gollark: <@288035900980461579> Could you photograph the question or something? It does definitely look like you need 16.5 moles O2 for 3 moles Fe2O3, so the question is probably asking something else?
gollark: 2Fe2O3 is 2 moles Fe2O3, 11O2 is 11 moles O2.
gollark: The important part is how many O2s per Fe2O3 you need.
gollark: It probably did just mean 3 moles of Fe2O3, not 3 times 2 times Fe2O3.

See also
  • Mobile-Tensaw River Delta
  • List of Alabama rivers

References
  1. Swanton, John Reed (1952). The Indian Tribes of North America. US Government Printing Office. p. 210. ISBN 978-0-8063-1730-4.
  2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Tensaw River



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