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| NAME= Coosa River
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| SORTNAME= Coosa River
| LAGE= [[Georgia]], [[Alabama]] ([[USA]])
| GKZ= US/169321
| FLUSSSYSTEM= Mobile River
| ABFLUSSWEG= Alabama River//Mobile River//Mobile Bay
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| QUELLE= Zusammenfluss von [[Oostanaula River]] und [[Etowah River]] bei [[Rome (Georgia)|Rome]]
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| QUELLE_LAT_GRAD= 34.2539826
| QUELLE_LONG_GRAD= -85.1774508
| QUELLE_REGION= US-GA
| MÜNDUNG= Zusammenfluss mit dem [[Tallapoosa River]] zum [[Alabama River]]
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| MÜNDUNG_REGION= US-AL
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| KARTE-BESCHREIBUNG= Übersicht von Mobile, Alabama und Coosa River
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| BILDBESCHREIBUNG= Coosa River nahe Jordan Dam
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Der '''Coosa River''' entsteht durch den Zusammenfluss von [[Oostanaula River]] und [[Etowah River]] bei [[Rome (Georgia)|Rome]], im Nordwesten [[Georgia]]s, in den südlichen [[Appalachen]]. Etwa zu 90 % verläuft er im benachbarten Staat [[Alabama]], wo er zu den meistbenutzten Flüssen gehört. Dort fließt er knapp nördlich der Landeshauptstadt [[Montgomery (Alabama)|Montgomery]] mit dem [[Tallapoosa River]] zusammen, um den [[Alabama River]] zu bilden. [[Alabama Power]] unterhält sechs Staudämme am Verlauf des Flusses, um Strom zu erzeugen. Die Artenvielfalt des Flusses leidet unter diesen Eingriffen in die Natur.

Der Ursprung des Flusses ist der Zusammenfluss mehrerer [[Nebenfluss|Zuflüsse]] aus den [[Blue Ridge Mountains]] und dem [[Cumberland-Plateau]]: des [[Conasauga River|Conasauga]] und [[Coosawattee River|Coosawattee]], die zusammen den [[Oostanaula River|Oostanaula]] bilden, und des [[Etowah River|Etowah]].

[[Coosa County]] ist nach dem Fluss benannt.

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<!--The Coosa River Basin is one of the rainiest places in the US, with the average [[Precipitation (meteorology)|precipitation]] rate ranging from 52 to 64 inches per year. Only two areas in the [[Pacific Northwest|northwest]] [[U.S. state|states]] of [[Washington]] and [[Oregon]] get more rain than the Coosa River Basin.	 
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-	There are a total of seven [[Dam|dams]] between Georgia and the Coosa’s confluence with the [[Tallapoosa River]] which alter the Coosa River's natural flow for its entire length in Alabama. Although the idea of using the Coosa as a navigational waterway into the interior of northeastern Alabama never materialized, [[Hydroelectricity|hydroelectric power]] dams have proved very costly to the species located in the mainstem of the Coosa River. In Alabama itself, most of the river has been dammed, with [[Alabama Power]], a unit of the [[Southern Company]], maintaining 6 power dams on the Coosa to this day.	 
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-	== History ==	 
-	[[Native Americans]] had been living on the Coosa Valley for centuries before [[Hernando de Soto (explorer)|Hernando de Soto]] and his men became the first [[Europe|Europeans]] to discover it in [[1540]]. De Soto used the native tribes for their food, natural resources, and women as they explored the valley (present-day Alabama and Georgia). However, the natives were not pleased with the manner in which de Soto ravaged their land, forcing the [[Choctaw]] chief, [[Tascalusa]], to stage an attack on de Soto and his men in [[Mauvila]], in the south of Alabama. Although the battle was won by the Spanish, de Soto left the state demoralized and headed westward, however the toll on the tribes were far greater, with the widespread disease left by the Spanish killing off many of Choctaw tribes or a period of a century.	 
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-	A couple of decades after the [[Spain|Spanish]] left the Coosa Valley, the [[United Kingdom|British]] established heavy trading ties with the tribes around the early [[17th century]], much to the dismay of [[France]]. The French believed that the Coosa River was a key gateway to the entire [[U.S. Southern states|South]] and they earnestly wanted to control the valley, since the main transportation of the day was by [[Ship transport|boat]]. The convergence of the Coosa and Tallapoosa Rivers was the gateway to [[Mobile Bay]], which was where the Europeans docked coming and going from their home countries.	 
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-	However, towards the late 17th century, almost all trade (British or otherwise) ceased with the rampant tribal uprisings brought on by the [[Yamasee]] uprising in the [[Province of Carolina|Carolinas]]. Yet the bickering over control of the area between France and Britain did not stop, even with the mass migration of Europeans from the Coosa valley. It wasn't until the [[Treaty of Paris (1763)|Treaty of Paris]] was signed in [[1763]] that the French relinquished their holdings.	 
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-	After the [[United States]] won its independence, the remaining tribes formed a union called the [[Creek (people)|Upper Creeks]], which was brutally defeated by General [[Andrew Jackson]] at the [[Battle of Horseshoe Bend]]. Afterwards, the [[Treaty of Fort Jackson]] in [[1814]] gave the Creeks land between the Coosa and Tallapoosa Rivers, but were edged out by white settlers who had begun moving into the places which were not included in the nation.	 
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-	The first river town to form in the Coosa Basin settled at the foot of the last water falls on the Coosa River, the [[Devil’s Staircase]], with the town name Wetumpka (or "falling stream") adopted shortly thereafter.	 
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-	== Tributaries ==	 
-	The Coosa River's drainage has hundreds of tributaries, which have been divided into sections based on the different areas of the [[Watershed|watershed]]. The first four sections are tributary systems that converge to form the main artery of the Coosa River in Georgia. These main tributary rivers are the Conasauga and Coosawattee Rivers, which together then form the Oostanaula River. The Oostanaula then joins with the Etowah River in Rome, Georgia, forming the Coosa River.	 
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-	Other significant tributaries of the Coosa are:	 
-	*Cartecay River	 
-	*Cedar Creek	 
-	*Coahulla River	 
-	*Ellijay River	 
-	*Little River	 
-	*Mill Creek	 
-	*Mountain Creek	 
-	*Raccoon Creek	 
-	*Rock Creek	 
-	*Spring Creek	 
-	*Sugar Creek	 
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-	The Coosa River consists of the following lakes starting north to south:	 
-	*Weiss	 
-	*Neely Henry	 
-	*Logan Martin	 
-	*Lay	 
-	*Mitchell	 
-	*Jordan	 	 
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