Geberit AG Annual Report 2005

220 kilometers

The Altamaha is a 220-kilometer long river in the southeast of the US state of Georgia. It takes its source approximately 150 kilometers west of the town of Savannah from the confluence of the Ocmulgee and Oconee rivers and flows in a south-easterly direction close to Brunswick into the Atlantic Ocean. The Altamaha does not flow through a single administrative district. Instead, along its whole length it provides a natural border between the individual districts.

Despite being used as a trade route as early as the nineteenth century for transportation between central Georgia and the east coast, the Altamaha has retained much of its natural character in many places. In 1991 it was declared a biosphere reserve by Nature Conservancy, the environmental protection organization. More than 100 rare species threatened with extinction are to be found in the Altamaha basin while the river delta is an important stopover for many migratory birds.

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