Alabama River Geography Trivia Quiz

Answer: Tennessee River

The Tennessee River is the largest river in Alabama. It contains four of the largest lakes in the state. Lake Guntersville is the largest.

Answer: Tennessee River

The Tennessee River has three metropolitan areas that border it. They are Huntsville, Decatur, and Florence (The Shoals).

Answer: Mobile-Tensaw

The Mobile-Tensaw Rivers form a large delta that drains a very large area of the Southeast United States. An area the size of South Carolina is drained.

Answer: Mobile Bay

Mobile Bay is one of the largest along the U.S. Gulf Coast. It creates an estuary that is the habitat for thousands of species of wildlife found nowhere else on earth.

Answer: Tennessee River

The Quad Cities of Florence, Muscle Shoals, Tuscumbia, and Sheffield are split into by the Tennessee River. Florence sits on the northern banks, while Muscle Shoals, Tuscumbia, and Sheffield sit on the southern banks.

Answer: Alabama River

The South-Central region of Alabama is commonly referred to as the "River Heritage" region or just the "River Region". The Alabama has provided the Black Belt region with fertile soil for crops and water currents for transit since the first explorers arrived.

Answer: Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway

The Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway, or Tenn-Tom Waterway, provides a vital shortcut to the Gulf. For instance, if a barge from Knoxville, TN, has cargo destined for Tampa, FL, the barge does not have to travel all the way down the Tennessee, Ohio, and Mississippi to get to the Gulf. Instead, it can take the Tenn-Tom Waterway to Mobile, cutting the trip almost in half.

Answer: Chattahoochee River

Not only does the Chattahoochee provide the Atlanta metro area with most of its water, it also creates a natural border between the states of Alabama and Georgia. It also divides the Columbus-Phenix City Metro Area between Alabama and Georgia. Columbus being in Georgia, and Phenix City being in Alabama. Another responsibility it carries is the Time Zone line, between Eastern and Central. Though Phenix City is in Central, a good deal of its residents operate in Eastern time.

That's a big responsibility for one river!

Answer: Black Warrior River

The University of Alabama, founded in 1831, sits less than 100 feet from the banks of the Black Warrior River, in Tuscaloosa.

Answer: Cahaba River

The Cahaba River provides water for the over 1.1 Million inhabitants of the Birmingham-Hoover Metropolitan Area. It shares its name with the first state capital "Cahawba". Though the names are spelled differently, they are pronounced the same.