Mobile-Tensaw River Delta
| Mobile–Tensaw River Delta | |
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Bottle Creek in the Mobile–Tensaw River Delta
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| Location | Alabama |
| Coordinates | 30°45′15″N 87°56′32″W / 30.754228°N 87.942123°WCoordinates: 30°45′15″N 87°56′32″W / 30.754228°N 87.942123°W |
| Area | 260,000 acres (110,000 ha) |
| Designated | 1974 |
The Mobile–Tensaw River Delta is the largest river delta and wetland in Alabama. It encompasses approximately 260,000 acres (110,000 ha) in a 40-by-10-mile (64 km × 16 km) area and is the second largest delta in the United States.
The delta's northernmost point is the confluence of the Tombigbee and Alabama rivers and follows a southerly direction that ultimately opens into the head of Mobile Bay through the Mobile, Tensaw, Apalachee, Middle, Blakeley, and Spanish rivers near the Battleship Parkway. It is contained within sections of Baldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Monroe, and Washington counties.
The Mobile–Tensaw delta is ecologically important and includes a wide variety of habitats, including Mesic flood plains, cypress-gum swamps, tidal brackish water marshes, bottomland forests and submersed grass beds. It is home to some of the most diverse wildlife in Alabama including 126 species of fish, 46 mammals, 69 reptiles, 30 amphibians and at least 300 species of bird, including more than 110 which nest in the region.
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