Tombigbee River

Tombigbee River

Tombigbee River (spr. tombiggbi riwwer), Fluß in der nordamerikan. Union, entsteht im NO. des Staates Mississippi aus dem East- und West-Fork, wird bei Columbus (670 km oberhalb Mobile) für Dampfer schiffbar, tritt bald darauf nach Alabama über, nimmt hier links den Black Warrior auf, der bis Tuscaloosa schiffbar ist, und vereinigt sich nach sehr gewundenem, 730 km langem Laufe 72 km oberhalb Mobile mit dem Alabama zum Mobile River.


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