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A ___MASK73___ is a natural flowing watercourse , usually ___MASK90___ , flowing towards an ocean , sea , lake or another ___MASK73___ . In some cases a ___MASK73___ flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of water . Small rivers can be referred to using names such as stream , creek , brook , rivulet , and rill . There are no official definitions for the generic term ___MASK73___ as applied to geographic features , although in some countries or communities a stream is defined by its size . Many names for small rivers are specific to geographic location ; examples are " run " in some parts of the United States , " burn " in Scotland and northeast England , and " beck " in ___MASK16___ England . Sometimes a ___MASK73___ is defined as being larger than a creek , but not always : the language is vague . Apalachicola Bay is an estuary and lagoon located on the ___MASK53___ coast ___MASK47___ the U . S . state ___MASK47___ Florida . The Apalachicola Bay system also includes St . George Sound , St . Vincent Sound and East Bay , covering an area ___MASK47___ about . Four islands St . Vincent Island to the west , Cape St . George Island and St . George Island to the south , and Dog Island to the east separate the system from the ___MASK3___ . Water exchange occurs through Indian Pass , West Pass , East Pass and the Duer Channel . The lagoon has been designated as a National Estuarine Research Reserve and the Apalachicola River is the largest source ___MASK47___ freshwater to the estuary . Combined with the Chattahoochee River , Flint River , and Ochlockonee River they drain a watershed ___MASK47___ over at a rate ___MASK47___ per second according to the United States Geological Survey in 2002 . The Apalachicola ___MASK73___ is a ___MASK73___ , approximately 112 mi ( 180 km ) long in the State of Florida . This ___MASK73___ ' s large watershed , known as the ACF ___MASK73___ Basin for short , drains an area of approximately into the ___MASK3___ . The distance to its farthest headstream in northeast Georgia is approximately 500 miles ( 800 km ). Its name comes from the Apalachicola tribe , which used to live along the ___MASK73___ . The Chattahoochee ___MASK73___ forms the southern half of the ___MASK78___ and Georgia border , as well as a portion of the Florida border . It is a tributary of the Apalachicola ___MASK73___ , a relatively short river formed by the confluence of the Chattahoochee and Flint rivers and emptying from Florida into Apalachicola Bay in the Gulf of Mexico . The Chattahoochee ___MASK73___ is about long . The Chattahoochee , Flint , and Apalachicola rivers together make up the Apalachiacola  Chattahoochee  Flint ___MASK73___ Basin ( ACF ___MASK73___ Basin ). The Chattahoochee makes up the largest part of the ACF ' s drainage basin . ___MASK78___ is a state in the southeastern region of the United States . It is bordered by Tennessee to the north , Georgia to the east , Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south , and Mississippi to the west . ___MASK78___ is the 30th - most extensive and the 24th - most populous of the U . S . states . At nearly , ___MASK78___ has one of the nation ' s longest navigable inland waterways . State Route 208 or SR - 208 is a . 839 - mile ( 1 . 350 km ) , ___MASK28___ -- ___MASK48___ route that serves as a connector between State Route 165 and the bridge across the Chattahoochee ___MASK73___ at Cottonton , the only bridge across the ___MASK73___ between Phenix City and Eufaula . From its western terminus , the route continues ___MASK48___ into Georgia as Georgia State Route 39 Spur . ___MASK46___ ( Spanish for " land ___MASK47___ flowers ") is a state located in the southeastern region ___MASK47___ the United States . It is bordered to the west by the ___MASK3___ , to the north by ___MASK78___ and Georgia , to the east by the Atlantic Ocean , and to the south by the Straits ___MASK47___ ___MASK46___ and Cuba . ___MASK46___ is the 22nd most extensive , the 3rd most populous , and the 8th most densely populated ___MASK47___ the U . S . states . Jacksonville is the most populous municipality in the state and is the largest city by area in the contiguous United States . The Miami metropolitan area is ___MASK46___ ' s most populous urban area . The city ___MASK47___ Tallahassee is the state capital . The ACF ___MASK73___ Basin is the drainage basin , or watershed , of the A Apalachicola ___MASK73___ , C Chattahoochee ___MASK73___ , and F Flint ___MASK73___ , in the Southeastern United States . A drainage ___MASK85___ or catchment ___MASK85___ is an extent or an area ___MASK47___ land where all surface water from rain , melting snow , or ice converges to a single point at a lower elevation , usually the exit ___MASK47___ the ___MASK85___ , where the waters join another body ___MASK47___ water , such as a ___MASK73___ , lake , reservoir , estuary , wetland , sea , or ocean . Thus if a tributary stream joins a brook that in turn joins a small ___MASK73___ which is a tributary ___MASK47___ a larger ___MASK73___ , there is a series ___MASK47___ successively larger ( and lower elevation ) drainage basins . For instance , the Missouri and Ohio rivers are within their own drainage basins and also within the drainage ___MASK85___ ___MASK47___ the ___MASK71___ River . The ___MASK3___ is an ocean basin largely surrounded by the North American continent . It is bounded on the northeast , north and northwest by the Gulf Coast of the United States , on the southwest and south by Mexico , and on the southeast by Cuba . The U . S . states of ___MASK78___ , Florida , Louisiana , Mississippi and Texas border the Gulf on the north , which are often referred to as the " Third Coast " in comparison with the U . S . Atlantic and Pacific coasts , or sometimes the " south coast ", in juxtaposition to the Great Lakes region being the " north coast ." One of the gulf ' s seven main areas is the ___MASK3___ basin .