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| | Alabama River -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17) |
 | | river in southern Alabama, U.S. It is formed by the Coosa and Tallapoosa rivers, 7 miles (11 km) northeast of Montgomery, winds westward to Selma, and then flows southward. |
 | | Admitted as the 22nd state in 1819, Alabama comprises 51,705 square miles (133,915 square kilometres) forming a roughly rectangular shape, elongated in a northsouth direction. |
 | | The Alabama, or Alibamu, were part of the Creek Confederacy. |
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