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Suwannee | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
, Georgia (U.S. state), Florida | |
Cities | Fargo, Georgia, White Springs, Florida, Branford, Florida |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge |
• location | Fargo, Georgia |
Mouth | Gulf of Mexico |
• location | Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge, Suwannee, Florida |
• coordinates | 29°17′18″N 83°9′57″W / 29.28833°N 83.16583°W |
• elevation | 0 ft (0 m) |
Length | 246 mi (396 km) |
Discharge | |
• location | Gulf of Mexico |
Basin features | |
Tributaries | |
• left | Santa Fe River |
• right | Alapaha River, Withlacoochee River |
The Suwannee River (also spelled Suwanee River) is a river that runs through south Georgia southward into Florida in the Southern United States. It is a wild blackwater river, about 246 miles (396 km) long.[1] The Suwannee River is the site of the prehistoric Suwanee Straits that separated the Florida peninsula from the Florida panhandle and the rest of the continent.