re: What is the greatest Southern United States river?

Tennessee for fishing (best spots are in AL though) Chattahoochee for fun

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The Coosa is a Roll Tide. Don’t make me drag you outta yer car at Sonic.

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It's not


Coosa is Jax State and Auburn

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I am moving to El Paso this summer, but I imagine all the folks constantly trudging across the Rio Grande have messed up the best fishing spots

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How about Biden huh? He's announced that he "will secure the border," IF Congress sends him a gazillion dollars to send to Ukraine (after the healthy Democrat skim of fricking billions of course)

The MS is one of the nastiest rivers in America. Quite literally, where all the shite pours in and dumps into the gulf.

But, it has long been a mainstay for American economic growth.

A float down the Buffalo will revive your spirit.

Chattooga River (description from the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System website)

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Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina

Flowing through three states and the Ellicott Rock Wilderness, the Chattooga is recognized as one of the Southeast's premier whitewater rivers. It begins in mountainous North Carolina as small rivulets, nourished by springs and abundant rainfall. High on the slopes of the Appalachian Mountains is the start of a 50-mile journey that ends at Lake Tugaloo between South Carolina and Georgia, dropping almost 1/2-mile in elevation.

The river is one of the few remaining free-flowing streams in the Southeast. The setting is primitive; dense forests and undeveloped shorelines characterize the primitive nature of the area. No motorized vehicles are permitted within a corridor about 1/4-mile wide on either side of the river. Visitors must rely on their own skills and strength rather than on motorized equipment. Man-made facilities are minimal, consisting primarily of hiking trails.

The Cumberland River is very similar. Mountain headwaters, runs southwest then north ending in the Ohio River. Both have huge lakes on them and end just a few miles apart. The Big South Fork of the Cumberland River is absolutely beautiful.

But one thing the Cumberland has that the Tennessee River doesn't is Cumberland Falls.







And the only Moonbow in the South




Whitewater rafting below the falls. Don't recommend it above. It is a 68 foot drop.

Great shot of Skull Bluff. That pool is hopping with smallmouth in summer and a fun raft and drag up from Woolum.

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Atchafalaya is not to missed.

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Loaded with whirlpools.

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Take a shower, and wash your butt. Please.

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The Ganges is not undamned and it’s tributaries are heavily damned. The ogeechee is not nor are its tributaries making it one of the largest free flowing river systems left on earth. Loads of bigger rivers and bigger river systems….The Ogeechee is SMALL…. what makes it unique in the world is that the drainage system is un-dammed from its source to the ocean. Between it and is largest tributary the Canoochee, also undammed, the area drained by the Ogeechee is right at 7000 square miles. None of it is dammed and at times about half of that area, 3500 square miles of surface water, is free flowing from the Piedmont to the ocean. Again, lots of bigger rivers in the world, very few that size still free flowing.