Coosa River
The Coosa River is a tributary of the Alabama River in the U.S. states of Alabama and Georgia. The river is about 280 miles long. The Coosa River begins at the confluence of the Oostanaula and Etowah rivers in Rome, Georgia, and ends just northeast of the Alabama state capital, Montgomery, where it joins the Tallapoosa River to form the Alabama River just south of Wetumpka.Photo: Mike Cline, Public domain.
- Type: Watercourse
- Description: river in Alabama and Georgia, United States
- Also known as: “Abacoochee River”, “Alebahma River”, “Arbacoochee River”, “Coosau River”, “Coosaw River”, “Coose River”, “Coosee River”, “Coosey River”, “Coosha River”, “Cosa River”, “Coussa Fiume”, “Coussa River”, “Cusa River”, “Cusha River”, “Great Koosah River”, “High Tower Creek”, “High Town River”, “Koosah River”, “Koose River”, “Koosee River”, and “Kusaw River”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Elmore and Wetumpka.
Elmore
Village
Photo: SaveRivers, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Elmore is a town in Elmore County, Alabama, United States. Although initially incorporated in 1906, it lapsed and was not reincorporated again until 1997. Elmore is situated 4 miles northwest of Coosa River.
Wetumpka
Town
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Wetumpka is a city in and the county seat of Elmore County, Alabama, United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 7,220. In the early 21st century, Elmore County became one of the fastest-growing counties in the state. Wetumpka is situated 4 miles northeast of Coosa River.
Coosada
Village
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Coosada is a town in Elmore County, Alabama, United States. At the 2020 census, its population was 1,217. It is part of the Montgomery metropolitan statistical area. Coosada is situated 4 miles west of Coosa River.
Coosa River
- Categories: river, watercourse, and body of water
- Location: Elmore, Alabama, South, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Coosa River” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Coosarivier”
- Arabic: “نهر كوسا”
- Asturian: “Ríu Coosa”
- Basque: “Coosa ibaia”
- Bulgarian: “Куса”
- Catalan: “Coosa”
- Cebuano: “Coosa River”
- Chinese: “庫薩河”
- Danish: “Coosa River”
- Dutch: “Coosa River”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر كوسا”
- French: “Coosa”
- German: “Coosa River”
- Hebrew: “נהר קוסה”
- Irish: “Abhainn Coosa”
- Italian: “Coosa”
- Malayalam: “കൂസ നദി”
- Mingrelian: “კუსა”
- Northern Frisian: “Coosa (Struum)”
- Northern Frisian: “Coosa”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Alabama (elv)”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Alabama River”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Alabama-Coosa River”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Coosa (elv)”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Coosa River”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Etowah (elv)”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Etowah River”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Mobile (elv)”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Mobile River”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Oostanaula (elv)”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Oostanaula River”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Tombigbee (elv)”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Tombigbee River”
- Norwegian: “Alabama-Coosa River”
- Polish: “Coosa River”
- Romanian: “Râul Coosa”
- Russian: “Куса”
- Spanish: “Coosa (rio)”
- Spanish: “Coosa (río)”
- Spanish: “Rio Coosa”
- Spanish: “Río Coosa”
- Venetian: “Coosa”
- Welsh: “Afon Coosa”
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