Apalachicola River
river, Florida, United States
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The Apalachicola River is a 90-mile-long river in northwestern Florida that flows south from Lake Seminole into Apalachicola Bay, an inlet of the Gulf of Mexico. The river forms the western boundary of the Marianna lowlands physiographic region in Florida. The city of Apalachicola is located at the river's mouth on Apalachicola Bay and was historically an important cotton-shipping port. The bay itself receives several rivers, including the Ochlockonee, St. Marks, Econfina, and Aucilla rivers.1234
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