Yellow River (Pensacola Bay)

River in the United States of America

Yellow River Chester River
Map of the Yellow River
Location
Country	United States
State	Alabama and Florida
Physical characteristics

Source
• location	Covington County, Alabama
• coordinates	31°27′24″N 86°20′05″W / 31.45655°N 86.33467°W / 31.45655; -86.33467

Mouth
• location	Santa Rosa County, Florida
• coordinates	30°33′27″N 86°59′43″W / 30.55741°N 86.99524°W / 30.55741; -86.99524
Length	118 miles (190 km)

The Yellow River (historically known as the Chester River or the Middle River) is a 118-mile-long (190 km) river in the southern United States which runs through Alabama and Florida. It empties into Blackwater Bay, an arm of Pensacola Bay. In 1773 Thomas Hutchins reported to the American Philosophical Society on the river.

54 miles of the Yellow River are part of the Yellow River Paddling Trail, managed by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection.

References

^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Yellow River (Pensacola Bay)
"The Coast of West Florida and Louisiana. - David Rumsey Historical Map Collection". www.davidrumsey.com. Retrieved 2020-06-16.
U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed April 15, 2011
“Volume 1769-1774.” Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, vol. 22, no. 119, 1885, p. 80. JSTOR website Retrieved 24 Dec. 2022.
"Yellow River Paddling Guide" (PDF). Florida Department of Environmental Protection. Retrieved 29 November 2020.

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Larger rivers	Alapaha Apalachicola Aucilla Blackwater Caloosahatchee Chattahoochee Chipola Choctawhatchee Econlockhatchee Escambia Hillsborough Indian River Kissimmee Myakka Ochlockonee Ocklawaha Pea Peace Perdido Santa Fe St. Johns St. Marys Suwannee Withlacoochee (North) Withlacoochee (South) Yellow
Lakes	Apopka Crescent Blue Cypress East Tohopekaliga George Harney Harris Iamonia Istokpoga Jackson Jesup Kissimmee Manatee Miccosukee Monroe Okeechobee Poinsett Rodman Rousseau Seminole Talquin Tohopekaliga Tsala Apopka Ward Washington Weir
Smaller rivers	Alafia Alapahoochee Anclote Braden Carrabelle Chassahowitzka Crooked Crystal Dead East East Bay Eau Gallie Econfina Estero Homosassa Hontoon Dead Ichetucknee Imperial Little (Biscayne Bay) Little (Ochlockonee) Little Econlockhatchee Little Manatee Little Wekiva Loxahatchee Manatee Matanzas Miami New (Broward) New (Carabelle) New (Santa Fe) Oleta Orange Pithlachascotee Rainbow Ribault Shark Silver Sopchoppy St. Lucie St. Marks St. Sebastian Steinhatchee Tomoka Trout Waccasassa Wacissa Wakulla Weeki Wachee Wekiva
Creeks and streams	Billy's Black Blackwater (Hillsborough) Blackwater (Lake) Crane Cross Econfina Fisheating Myakkahatchee Orange Pottsburg Shingle Snapper Turkey
Canals	Canaveral Barge Canal Cross Florida Barge Canal Haulover Canal Hillsboro Canal Miami Canal Mud Lake Canal St. Johns-Indian River Barge Canal St. Lucie Canal Tamiami Canal Tampa Bypass Canal
See also	Coastal waters of Florida Everglades Intracoastal Waterway Indian River Lagoon List of Florida rivers List of major springs in Florida Okeechobee Waterway Okefenokee Swamp Outstanding Florida Waters Paynes Prairie

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