Alabama River

The run of the Alabama is highly meandering. Its width varies from , and its depth from . Its length as measured by the United States Geological Survey is , and by steamboat measurement, . The river crosses the richest agricultural and timber districts of the state. Railways connect it with the mineral regions of north-central Alabama. After the Coosa and Tallapoosa rivers, the principal tributary of the Alabama is the Cahaba River, which is about long the Alabama, Coosa, and Tallapoosa rivers were central to the homeland of the Creek Indians before their removal by United States forces to the Indian Territory in the 1830s. ==Lock and dams==

The Alabama River has three lock and dams between Montgomery and the Mobile River. The Robert F. Henry Lock & Dam is located at river mile 236.2, the Millers Ferry Lock & Dam is located at river mile 133.0, and the Claiborne Lock & Dam is located at river mile 72.5. These dams create R.E. "Bob" Woodruff Lake, William Dannely Reservoir, and Claiborne Lake respectively. ==Gallery==

Image:USACE Claiborne Lock and Dam.jpg|Claiborne Lock and Dam on the Alabama River, approximately upriver from Claiborne, Monroe County Image:USACE Robert F Henry Lock and Dam.jpg|Robert F. Henry Lock and Dam on the Alabama River, approximately east of Selma Image:Cesam249.jpg|Millers Ferry Lock and Dam on the Alabama River in Wilcox County, approximately northwest of Camden Image:Alabama River RM192 Selma.JPG|Alabama River in Dallas County looking upstream towards Selma. Image:Alabama River at Benton Park.JPG|The Alabama River in Lowndes County as seen from Benton Park in Benton, Alabama. Image:Edmund Pettus Bridge over Alabama River.jpg|The Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma overlooking the Alabama River. File:Selma December 2018 11 (Alabama River).jpg|The Alabama River in Selma File:Riverfront Park December 2018 07 (Alabama River).jpg|Alabama River at Riverfront Park in Montgomery ==See also==