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  Mobile - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mobile (sculpture), a common type of kinetic sculpture
Mobile magazine, which covers mobile technology and portable electronics
This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mobile   (101 words)

  
 Mobile River - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Formed out of the confluence of the Tombigbee and Alabama rivers, the approximately 45-mile-long (72 km) river drains an area of 44,000 sq mi (115,000 sq km) of Alabama, with a watershed extending into Mississippi, Georgia, and Tennessee.
The Tombigbee and Alabama join to form the Mobile approximately 50 mi (80 km) NNE of Mobile, along the county line between Mobile and Baldwin counties.
The Tensaw River, a bayou of the Mobile, flows alongside to the east, separated from 2 to 5 mi (3 to 8 km) as they flow southward.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mobile_River   (221 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - 1Up Info > Mobile, city, United States (U.S. Political Geography)
Mobile is one of the country's major ports, the only seaport in Alabama, and the second largest city in the state.
Mobile was seized for the Americans by Gen. James Wilkinson in 1813.
Mobile is the seat of Spring Hill College (the oldest in the state), Mobile College, and the Univ. of South Alabama.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/M/Mobile.html   (448 words)

  
 mobilepage
Mobile is 10 km south of the town of Bay Bulls, between the town of Witless Bay and the community of Tors Cove, on the shores of Mobile Bay, and in the Mobile River valley.
Mobile is situated between the boundaries of the Avalon Wilderness Reserve and the offshore seabird sanctuary in the Witless Bay Ecological Reserve.
Mobile Central High School is located at the intersection of Highway 10 and Riverhead Road on the north bank of Mobile River.
members.tripod.com /~Mobilian   (2205 words)

  
 Cruise Critic Destinations: Mobile   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
In actuality, Mobile was the capital of the original French colony of Louisiana, from 1704 through 1722, until it was changed to New Orleans.
Though Mobile's antebellum ambience of colonnaded manses and grand sprawling plantations is still there to be found, don't expect to be awash in southern belles strolling in crinolines with parasols.
Mobile is often rated in the top 10 cities for golf by golfing magazines.
www.cruisecritic.com /travelocity/ports/newport.cfm?ID=135   (1394 words)

  
 River Run Software: Customers
River Run's solution for CPEC won the Best Mobile Solution in Government award from Mobile Insights, Inc. Mobile Insights is headed by J. Gerry Purdy, recognized as one of mobile computing industry's foremost experts.
River Run's solution for United Airlines won the Best Mobile Solution in Transportation award from Mobile Insights, Inc. Mobile Insights is headed by J. Gerry Purdy, recognized as one of mobile computing industry's foremost experts.
River Run's customization of its flagship field service platform delivered participants access to their unique, personalized conference agenda, corporate intranet for related conference documents, and their American Express corporate e-mail accounts to send and receive e-mail-all on a Palm OS device.
www.riverrun.com /customers   (1159 words)

  
 FINAL RULE: ELEVEN MOBILE RIVER MUSSELS, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Mobile River basin drains approximately 43,700 square miles and is the largest Gulf Coast drainage east of the Mississippi River.
It is historically known from Lubbub Creek, Buttahatchee, Sipsey and East Fork Tombigbee Rivers in the Tombigbee River drainage; Brushy Creek, Mulberry and Sipsey Forks in the Black Warrior River drainage; the Alabama River; and the Little Cahaba River in the Cahaba River drainage.
1986, Hartfield 1991); and in the Conasauga River in the Coosa drainage (Pierson 1991).
www.fws.gov /endangered/r/fr93495.html   (9189 words)

  
 CARIA Current Issues - Navigation on the Alabama river
Several forces are acting in concert and individually to render the 30-year old channel between the Mobile River and Montgomery susceptible to reductions in the federal funding that keeps the channel open to commercial navigation.
The Mobile River Basin, of which the Alabama River is a major part, is one of the most diverse ecosystems in the world.
The Mobile District of the US Army Corps of Engineers is in the midst of a feasibility study to determine federal interest in modifying the current system of training works in the Lower Alabama River to improve the navigation reliability.
www.caria.org /navigation.html   (1379 words)

  
 Mobile Riverine Force ... Task Force - 117
And finally, the numerous rivers, streams and canals which dissected the delta severely restricted ground movement; US planners were reluctant to commit US troops to such an environment until they found a way to overcome the mobility problem.
River Raider I, the search and destroy mission carried out in the Rung Sat during February and March of 1967, was the first joint operation by Army and Navy forces.
Following the Tet offensive, the Mobile Riverine Force continued to expand; in June of 1968 a third River Assault Squadron was formed, and, in July the entire force was reorganized into two sections: Mobile River Group Alpha and Mobile River Group Bravo.
www.mrfa.org /mrf.htm   (4734 words)

  
 Mobile real estate, AL - America Real Estate Directory   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Mobile is the seat of Mobile County and serves as a port of entry on Mobile Bay at the mouth of the Mobile River.
Mobile retains an old Southern and French flavor, and it is known for its gardens and old houses, many of which are decorated with elaborate wrought-iron work.
Mobile covers a land area of 118 sq mi, with a mean elevation of 8 ft. According to the 2000 census, whites are 50.4 percent of the population, fls 46.3 percent, Asians 1.5 percent, and Native Americans 0.2 percent.
www.real-estate-2000.com /mobile_al.htm   (350 words)

  
 Lancasters Laughing Place-Valor-Mobile, Alabama Under Six Flags
Mobile, then called Fort Louis de la Louisiana, was founded and designated the first capital of the Louisiana territory which extended from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico.
Mobile was captured by United States forces under General James Wilkinson from Spanish defenders.
Mobile was returned to the control of the United States and has enjoyed a prosperous existence under the Stars and Stripes to this day.
www.faeriekeeper.net /mobile.htm   (583 words)

  
 AWF - Mobile Delta Purchase - Wetland Habitat
The Mobile-Tensaw River Delta is one of the largest intact wetland ecosystems in the United States.
Overall, it comprises approximately 260,000 acres of wetland habitats, ranging from submersed grass beds to cypress-gum swamps and seasonally flooded bottomland hardwoods, and is greatly influenced by numerous local conditions which together comprise the physical environment of the wetlands.
This area, called Fork of Rivers, is perhaps one of the most extensive intact examples of this wetland community type left in the entire southeastern United States.
www.alabamawildlife.org /stewardship/mobile_delta_purchase/wetland_habitat.asp   (1466 words)

  
 A Pictorial Oral History of Dog River
I chose three males and two females to talk with, ranging in age from seventy-six to eighty-seven years old in order to gain insight as to what the area was like during the early years of its urbanization and how the urbanization has effected the area over the past ninety years.
The mouth of Dog River is located along the western shore of Mobile Bay; it is one of the three largest local tributaries to the Bay.
I chose to research the Dog River watershed by gathering oral histories of some of the residents who have lived in the area for a long period of time.
www.southalabama.edu /geography/fearn/480page/01Eddins/Eddins.htm   (2298 words)

  
 National Water-Quality Assessment Program: Mobile River Basin- html version
The Mobile River Basin NAWQA study is intended to increase the scientific understanding of surface- and ground-water quality within the basin and the factors that influence water quality.
The Mobile River basin is the sixth largest basin in the Nation and the fourth largest in terms of streamflow.
The Mobile River Basin study is one of several NAWQA studies that began in Federal fiscal year 1997 (October 1996).
ublib.buffalo.edu /libraries/e-resources/ebooks/records/edm2355.html   (2755 words)

  
 CNN.com - Katrina drenches Mobile - Aug 30, 2005
MOBILE, Alabama (CNN) -- Downtown Mobile sat several feet under water Monday and an oil rig broke loose from its moorings and drifted into a major bridge across the Mobile River after the outer bands of Hurricane Katrina pelted the city with heavy rain and high wind.
The bridge is used to bypass a tunnel under the river on Interstate 10 -- a road that was largely out of sight under the murky water that flowed into downtown Monday afternoon.
Mobile, which sits slightly inland on the Mobile River, was on the eastern side of the storm's eye wall, where the strongest wind and highest storm surge was forecast.
www.cnn.com /2005/WEATHER/08/29/mobile   (747 words)

  
 Mobile County - Official Web Site for the Mobile County Commission
The county is bordered on the east by Mobile Bay and the Mobile Tensaw River Delta - the largest inland delta in the nation; on the south by the Gulf of Mexico and on the west by Mississippi.
We are on the forefront of developing innovative techniques to better serve the citizens of this county.
It is the Mobile County Commission’s commitment to providing quality and efficient service to you...
www.mobilecounty.org   (132 words)

  
 Digital River   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Although Digital River's current platform is wireless enabled, the company plans to leverage its next-generation e-commerce/m-commerce platform to further its wireless strategy.
Digital River's next-generation platform is designed to encourage the OTA purchasing and downloading of applications as well as offer enhanced e-commerce functionality.
Digital River is a registered trademark of Digital River, Inc. All other company and product names are trademarks, registrations or copyrights of their respective owners.
www.digitalriver.com /live/newsite/pr_256.html   (720 words)

  
 Mobile, city, United States. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
Commerce through the port of Mobile increased greatly following the completion of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway in 1984.
A settlement was founded on the site of Mobile in 1710 by the sieur de Bienville, and it was the capital of French Louisiana from 1710 to 1719.
Mobile is the seat of Spring Hill College (the oldest in the state), the Univ. of Mobile, and the Univ. of South Alabama.
www.bartleby.com /65/mo/Mobile.html   (355 words)

  
 AWF - Mobile Delta Purchase - Physiography
The Delta is formed by the confluence of the Alabama and Tombigbee Rivers which combine to form the Mobile River, which in turn divides into several major distributaries: the Tensaw, Appalachee and Blakeley Rivers.
The Mobile River Drainage Basin is one of the largest in the world and has the greatest yield of water per square mile than any river basin in the country.
Most river deltas are broad areas of alluvial deposit where the mouth of a river fans out meeting a lake or ocean.
www.alabamawildlife.org /stewardship/mobile_delta_purchase/physiography.asp   (440 words)

  
 Museum of Mobile > About Us > Other Locations
Originally founded in 1702 at 27-Mile Bluff up river, Mobile was relocated in 1711 to the current site where a temporary wooden stockade fort was constructed to protect the town.
From 1763 to 1780, England was in possession of Mobile and the fort was renamed Fort Charlotte in honor of King George III’s wife.
From 1780 to1813, Spain ruled Mobile and the fort was renamed Fort Carlota.
www.museumofmobile.com /html/other_museums.php   (406 words)

  
 Perciformes - Basses, Sunfish, Perch and others
This larger cousin of the naked sand darter prefers shifting clean-sand shoals of coastal rivers and streams from the Perdido River east to the Choctawhatchee River in Alabama.
Occurs in sandy streams and rivers of southern Alabama from the Escambia River to the Choctawhatchee River.
This diminutive darter is endemic to the Mobile River Basin occurring in the Locust Fork and Cahaba Rivers, and one tributary to the Coosa River.
www.dcnr.state.al.us /watchable-wildlife/what/fish/perc.cfm   (2744 words)

  
 USGS NAWQA Mobile River Basin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The trends identified for the Alabama River at Claiborne, and Tombigbee River near Coffeeville, Ala.
The loads for the Tombigbee River and the Alabama River were third and fourth highest after the Mississippi and Atchafalaya River for major streams draining into the Gulf of Mexico.
The total nitrogen load for the Tombigbee River is around 2 percent of the load and the phosphorus load is about 3 percent that of the Mississippi River.
al.water.usgs.gov /pubs/mobl/trendsloads.html   (569 words)

  
 Estuarium / Public Aquarium
Mobile Bay is an estuarine system that is an example of a drowned river valley.
Mobile Bay is a shallow estuary, averaging a depth of 10 feet and provides a transition between the fresh water wetlands of the Mobile-Tensaw Delta to the north and the marine environment of the Gulf of Mexico to the south.
Discharging 62,000 cubic feet of water per second, Mobile Bay is the fourth largest estuary in the United States.
estuarium.disl.org   (1008 words)

  
 MSN Encarta - Search Results - Mobile (river)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Main rivers include the Mobile, Alabama, Tombigbee, Chattahoochee, and Tensaw.
Principal tributaries of the Alabama River include the Coosa,...
River, stream of water that flows along a channel from the highlands to the lowlands.
uk.encarta.msn.com /Mobile_(river).html   (109 words)

  
 ADAH: Alabama History Timeline (1701-1800)
Mobile moved from Twenty-seven Mile Bluff to permanent site at the mouth of the Mobile River.
Fort Toulouse on the Coosa River constructed to trade with the Indians and offset influence of British; farthest eastward penetration of the French.
France ceded territorial claims east of the Mississippi River to Britain and those west of the River (including New Orleans) to Spain; Great Britain returned war-captured Cuba to Spain for Florida, which was divided into West Florida (including Mobile) and East Florida (the peninsula).
www.archives.state.al.us /timeline/al1702.html   (353 words)

  
 USGS WRIR 02-4162
This basin is the sixth largest river basin in the United States, and fourth largest in terms of streamflow, encompassing parts of Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, and Tennessee.
Extensive water resources of the Mobile River Basin are influenced by an array of natural and cultural factors.
The sources for impairment varied among river basins, were largely a function of land use, and were attributed primarily to municipal and industrial sources, mining, and agricultural activities.
pubs.usgs.gov /wri/wri024162   (532 words)

  
 Alabama Rivers, Streams and Mobile Delta
Cahaba River - The longest free flowing stream in Alabama flows through Birmingham, has a diversity of aquatic flora and fauna, and provides great stream fishing.
Little River - Billed as the nation's longest mountaintop river and one of the deepest gorges east of the Mississippi River, fishing this river is about more than catching fish.
Mobile Delta - The Mobile Delta is a complex network of tidally influenced rivers, creeks, bays, lakes, wetlands, and bayous that provide great fishing for bream (sunfish), bass, speckled trout, redfish and alligator gar.
www.dcnr.state.al.us /fishing/freshwater/where/rivers   (414 words)

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