Sato has asked in his comments about the pictures and about the names of the rivers. Sometimes in the Southeast US, it’s hard to tell. There are lots of rivers. They are twisty.
Two or three named rivers will come together to form a larger one. The Alabama and the Tombigbee flowing south come together to form the Mobile which flows into Mobile Bay. Closer to home, the Holston and the French Broad Rivers come together in Knoxville to form the Tennessee River. The Tennessee flows south, then west, then north, ultimately emptying into the Ohio, which flows into the Mississippi, and then to the Gulf of Mexico.
And many these rivers are dammed, forming series of lakes. So sometimes it’s hard to put a name to exactly where you are at any given time.
Today’s photo is a bridge on, I think, the Tombigbee River between the cities of Mobile and Demopolis, AL.
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In the Southeast of US, rivers run making numerous curves and changing the names in their long, long way, don't they?
Sato, the rivers are indeed long and curving. Sometimes it seems like the names change, and it may show up like that on a map. But, not necessarily. If two smaller rivers come together to form a new larger ones, that larger river has a different name.
With one of the long rivers, like the Tennessee, it is controlled by dams throughout its length. The dams are for flood control, electricity generation, and recreation. Usually the lake that is formed above the dam is given the name of that dam. So the dam here in Chattanooga is the Chickamauga (Chick-a-maw'-ga) Dam. The lake that is formed above the dam is called Chickamauga Lake. The next dam downstream is Nickajack (Nik-a-jak) Dam - the lake above the dam is Nickajack Lake. But it's still all the Tennessee River.
I hope that helps some.
Thanks for the info, Mary Z. Yes, lots of lakes and dams seen.
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