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Tombigbee

American  
[tom-big-bee] / tɒmˈbɪg bi /

noun

  1. a river flowing S through NE Mississippi and SW Alabama to the Mobile River. 525 miles (845 km) long.


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After arriving in March in Demopolis, Ala., on the Tombigbee River, he remained there for a month because of tornadoes and flooding.

From New York Times Dec. 17, 2021

A flood warning also is in effect for the Tombigbee River at Amory in Mississippi.

From Seattle Times Mar. 8, 2019

The Tombigbee, thanks to the completion of the $2 billion Tenn-Tom Waterway in 1985, remains a tool of commerce as millions of tons of cargo are shipped down the system to the port of Mobile.

From Washington Times Jan. 6, 2016

Scores of adventuresome citizens bundled up and gathered on the Old Highway 82 pedestrian bridge, which spans the Tombigbee at the Riverwalk.

From Washington Times Jan. 6, 2016

Loyalists from Georgia and South Carolina settled on the Tombigbee River and Mobile Bay, and others from the same colonies settled on the Tensaws Bayou.

From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Bolton, Herbert Eugene

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