US 17 crossing the river in Chatham County, Georgia
The Ogeechee River is a 294-mile-long (473 km)[1] blackwater river in the U.S. state of Georgia. It heads at the confluence of its North and South Forks, about 2.5 miles (4.0 km) south-southwest of Crawfordville and flowing generally southeast to Ossabaw Sound about 16 miles (26 km) south of Savannah.[2] Its largest tributary is the Canoochee River, which drains approximately 1,400 square miles (3,600 km2) and is the only other major river in the basin.[3] The Ogeechee has a watershed of 5,540 square miles (14,300 km2). It is one of the state's few free-flowing streams.[3]
^U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed April 26, 2011
^"Ogeechee River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
^ ab"Ogeechee River". Archived from the original on December 3, 2013. Retrieved November 30, 2013.
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