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Efforts to protect the Broad River as one of
Georgia's last free-flowing rivers include a local group, the Broad River Watershed Association, as well as legislative protection at the federal, state, and county levels. The Broad is known for its relatively unspoiled nature, with numerous shoals and
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701:Little Ogeechee (Hancock County)
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1052:Walnut (Ocmulgee River)
884:North (St. Marys River)
393:Little (Savannah River)
348:Chattooga (Coosa River)
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943:Creeks and
934:Wilmington
814:Cumberland
726:Oostanaula
619:West Point
514:Blackshear
509:Banks Lake
468:Tallapoosa
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132:Oglethorpe
80:Oglethorpe
1104:Grand Bay
1012:Peachtree
962:Brasstown
894:Odingsell
829:Frederica
799:Chestatee
784:Brunswick
544:Goat Rock
504:Allatoona
458:St. Marys
363:Conasauga
358:Canoochee
328:Apalachee
33:tributary
1097:See also
1007:Okapilco
997:Muckalee
967:Ebenezer
909:Skidaway
834:Halfmoon
804:Crescent
741:Tallulah
651:Cartecay
599:Sinclair
594:Seminole
554:Hartwell
478:Towaliga
463:Suwannee
448:Savannah
423:Ocmulgee
383:Hiwassee
323:Altamaha
198:Archived
170:Archived
114:Cherokee
1002:Noonday
945:streams
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809:Crooked
789:Buffalo
774:Belfast
746:Tugaloo
671:Ellijay
656:Coleman
636:Alabaha
569:Nottely
559:Jackson
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529:Chatuge
524:Carters
443:Satilla
438:Ohoopee
413:Nottely
333:Aucilla
313:Alapaha
299:Georgia
76:Carlton
65:Madison
53:Royston
41:Georgia
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1066:Canals
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982:Kettle
972:Euchee
929:Vernon
924:Turtle
919:Tivoli
899:Sapelo
869:Medway
864:Mackay
824:Duplin
819:Darien
686:Jerico
676:Hudson
609:Tugalo
579:Oliver
574:Oconee
564:Lanier
534:Chehaw
519:Burton
488:Yellow
428:Oconee
373:Etowah
318:Alcovy
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681:Jacks
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497:Lakes
378:Flint
368:Coosa
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