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Cahaba Homesteads
Cahaba may refer to: Places * The Cahaba River in Alabama * Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge * Cahaba River Wildlife Management Area * Cahaba Basin, is a geologic area of central Alabama * Cahaba, Alabama (or Cahawba), a ghost town in, and the former capital of, Alabama * Cahaba Prison (or Cahawba Prison), a Confederate prison * Cahawba County (see Bibb County, Alabama) * Cahaba Heights, Vestavia Hills a neighborhood of Vestavia Hills, Jefferson County, Alabama, United States Flora * Cahaba lily, an aquatic, perennial flowering plant species * Old Cahaba rosinweed, Silphium perplexum * Cahaba torch, Liatris oligocephala Fauna * Cahaba shiner, a rare species of cyprinid fish * Cahaba pebblesnail, a species of very small freshwater snail * Cahawba elimia, a species of freshwater snail Artifacts * Cahaba, Marion and Greensboro Railroad * USS Cahaba (AO-82), an Escambia-class replenishment oiler {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cahaba River
The Cahaba River is the longest substantially free-flowing river in Alabama. It is a major tributary of the Alabama River and part of the larger Mobile River basin. With headwaters near Birmingham, the Cahaba flows southwest, then at Heiberger turns southeast and joins the Alabama River at the ghost town and former Alabama capital of Cahaba in Dallas County. Entirely within central Alabama, the Cahaba River is longU.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed April 27, 2011 and drains an area of . The name Cahaba is derived from the Choctaw words ''oka'' meaning "water" and ''aba'' meaning "above" Geography The Cahaba River flows across three physiographic provinces of the state: Appalachian Plateau, Ridge and Valley, and Coastal Plain. The Mobile River basin has the largest Gulf Coast drainage basin east of the Mississippi River, and the Cahaba is one of the seven river systems that contribute to its flow. The mean ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
