Mobile River

The Mobile River is located in southern in the United States. Formed out of the confluence of the and Alabama rivers, the approximately 45-mile-long river drains an area of 44,000 square miles of Alabama, with a watershed extending into , , and .
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  • Type: Stream
  • Description: river in Alabama, United States
  • Also known as: “Alabama River”, “Fiume Mobile”, “Rio del Espiritu Santo”, “Rio del Spirito”, and “River Maubile”

Places of Interest

Highlights include USS Alabama and USS Drum.

Protected area
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, hull number BB-60, is a retired battleship. She was the fourth and final member of the South Dakota class of fast battleships built for the United States Navy in the 1940s during World War II. is situated 2 miles northeast of Mobile River.

Protected area
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is a Gato-class submarine of the United States Navy, the first Navy ship named after the drum, a type of fish. Drum is a museum ship in , at . is situated 1½ miles northeast of Mobile River.

Island
is an in the U.S. state of , within the city limits of . Located on the northwestern coast of , it is bounded on the west by the Mobile River, on the south by Mobile Bay, on the east by the , and on the north by Pinto Pass and .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mobile and Toulminville.

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is a city in the state of in the South of the United States of America with almost a half million people in the metro area. is a historic, diverse port city with a strong southern culture and heritage.

Neighborhood
is a neighborhood of , , United States. It began as a small settlement on the property of Harry Theophilus Toulmin, who served as Sheriff of Mobile County in the 1830s. is situated 5 miles northwest of Mobile River.

Town
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is a city in , , United States. The population was 19,322 at the 2020 census, and was estimated to be 18,816 in 2023. borders the north side of , as well as the Mobile suburbs of , , and the unincorporated sections of . is situated 6 miles northwest of Mobile River.

Mobile River

Latitude
30.65979° or 30° 39′ 35″ north
Longitude
-88.03073° or 88° 1′ 51″ west
Open location code
862HMX59+WP
Geo­Names ID
4076630
Wiki­data ID
Q1084490
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Mobile River” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “نهر موبيل”
  • Asturian: “Ríu Mobile”
  • Basque: “Mobile ibaia”
  • Belarusian: “Мабіл”
  • Catalan: “Mobile”
  • Cebuano: “Mobile River”
  • Chinese: “莫比尔河”
  • Danish: “Mobile River”
  • Dutch: “Mobile”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “نهر موبيل”
  • Esperanto: “Mobile”
  • Esperanto: “Rivero Mobile”
  • French: “Mobile”
  • German: “Mobile River”
  • Hungarian: “Mobile”
  • Indonesian: “Sungai Mobile”
  • Irish: “Abhainn Mobile”
  • Italian: “Mobile”
  • Japanese: “モービル川”
  • Mingrelian: “მობილი (წყარმალუ)”
  • Mingrelian: “მობილი”
  • Northern Frisian: “Mobile (Struum)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Mobile”
  • Persian: “رود موبیل”
  • Polish: “Mobile”
  • Portuguese: “Rio Mobile”
  • Russian: “Мобил”
  • Serbian: “Мобил”
  • Slovenian: “Mobile River”
  • Slovenian: “Mobile”
  • Slovenian: “reka Mobile”
  • Spanish: “Rio Mobile”
  • Spanish: “Río Mobile”
  • Ukrainian: “Мобіл”
  • Venetian: “Mobile”
  • Welsh: “Afon Mobile”
  • Western Frisian: “Mobile”

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Localities in the Area

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