The Tallapoosa River,the Mobile, and the Conecuh River

The average rain fall for tallapoosa is 78.9 mm

On March 27, 1814, Andrew Jackson and the Cherokee allies won the Battle of Horseshoe Bend at Tohopeka, Alabama, near the Tallapoosa River.

Research shows Tallapoosa (formerly spelled Tallapoosee) derived from American Indian language Talwa=Rock Puse=Smear. Local lore references the term "Golden River" due to color created during rains from the Georgia red clay lending to the "Smear" reference. Some think since the lower Tallapoosa river found in Tallapoosa county Alabama contains a collection of loose stones and due to the fact native Americans traced ancestry through the female rather than the male that it could also reference Indian Language Pusa=Grandmother AKA "Rock Grandmother" since the Tallapoosa river starts in Tallapoosa, Georgia which would be the grandmother of the rocks found lower down stream.

The Alabama River empties into the Gulf of Mexico near Mobile, Alabama. The Alabama is formed by the Tallapoosa and Coosa rivers, which unite about 6-miles north of Montgomery. The river flows west to Selma, then southwest toward Mobile, where it merges with the Tombigbee, forming the Mobile and Tensaw rivers, which discharge into Mobile Bay.