USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Chattahoochee’s source and upper course lie within Chattahoochee National Forest. From its source in the Blue Ridge Mountains, the Chattahoochee River flows southwesterly to Atlanta and through its suburbs. It eventually turns due-south to form the southern half of the Georgia/Alabama state line.

Detailed explanation-2: -Breadcrumb. The Chattahoochee River forms the southeastern border of Alabama, separating Alabama and Georgia. The Chattahoochee River is divided in this stretch by a series of dams. The northern end of the Chattahoochee River in Alabama is West Point Reservoir, a Corps of Engineers impoundment.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Chattahoochee River rises high in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Georgia and flows southwesterly toward the Alabama state line. From there the river tumbles for twenty miles over the fall line-the region of transition between the foothills of the Piedmont and the lower and flatter Coastal Plain.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Chattahoochee River is the largest river in metro Atlanta and one of the region’s most valuable resources, serving as the primary source of drinking water for millions of residents.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Chattahoochee River supplies 70 percent of metro Atlanta’s drinking water, which is more than 300 million gallons per day! The headwaters above Atlanta comprise the smallest watershed providing a major portion of water supply for any metropolitan area in the country.