The Aucilla River rises close to Thomasville, Georgia, USA, and passes through the Big Bend region of Florida, emptying into the Gulf of Mexico at Apalachee Bay. The river is 75 mi (121 km) long and has a drainage basin of 747 square miles. The Wacissa River is a tributary. In Florida, the Aucilla River forms the eastern border of Jefferson County, separating it from Madison County on the northern part, and from Taylor County to the south. The lower part of the river disappears underground and reappears several times, and is known as the Aucilla River Sinks. The Aucilla River is a rich source of late Pleistocene and early Holocene animal bones and human artifacts, and is the subject of the Aucilla River Prehistory Project, which includes the Page-Ladson prehistory site.
See also
- List of crossings of the Aucilla River
- List of fossil sites (with link directory)
References
- The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. Aucilla River - retrieved March 12, 2006
- The Aucilla River Sinks - retrieved March 12, 2006
- Aucilla River Prehistory Project - retrieved March 12, 2006
- Shukovsky, Paul. 1990. Aucilla River. in Marth, Del and Marty Marth, eds. The Rivers of Florida. Sarasota, Florida: Pineapple Press, Inc. ISBN 0-910923-70-1.
- USGS GNIS: Aucilla River
Coordinates: 30°5′9″N 83°59′25″W / 30.08583°N 83.99028°W
|
|||||
 |
This Florida state location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
This entry is from Wikipedia, the leading user-contributed encyclopedia. It may not have been reviewed by professional editors (see full disclaimer)
