Flint River

The Flint River is noteworthy not just for its high ranking on the list, but also because it is the longest river in Georgia, among all the rivers that begin and terminate there. The river, which starts in Atlanta's upper Piedmont area and flows into western Georgia, drains an area of around 8,460 square miles. The river, which is also part of the ACF basin, runs over a picturesque course with no obstructions for the first 200 miles of its 344-mile journey.

The Flint River begins as ground seepage near the city of East Point, Georgia, in southern Fulton County, on the fringes of the Atlanta metropolitan area. The precise beginning may be found between Plant Street, Willingham Drive, Elm Street, and Vesta Avenue in a field. It passes beneath the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport's runways. The river is supplied by Line Creek and Whitewater Creek in Fayette County and flows south through rural western Georgia. Sprewell Bluff State Park, about 10 miles west of Thomaston, is where the river flows. Further south, it is about 5 miles from Andersonville, the location of the Civil War's Andersonville jail.

Length: 344 miles