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Chattahoochee

American  
[chat-uh-hoo-chee] / ˌtʃæt əˈhu tʃi /

noun

  1. a river flowing S from N Georgia along part of the boundary between Alabama and Georgia into the Apalachicola River. About 418 miles (675 km) long.


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Sixty-two miles east of Tuskegee is the rural outpost of Eufaula, where pickup trucks haul fishing boats to the muddy banks of the nearby Chattahoochee River.

From BBC Jul. 18, 2026

The Chattahoochee River is a beacon for outdoor lovers, with opportunities to float, paddle and fish along the river and explore its trails, wildlife and more.

From MarketWatch Oct. 29, 2025

It provides drinking water for approximately 5 million people, according to the Chattahoochee Riverkeeper conservation group.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 14, 2023

The Chattahoochee River and its tributaries flow through metropolitan Atlanta, but they hardly register for most people in the city — a disconnect that dismays Jonathan Keats.

From Seattle Times Feb. 3, 2022

The Chattahoochee is part of four million acres—6,000 square miles—of federally owned forest stretching up to the Great Smoky Mountains and beyond and spreading sideways across four states.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson

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