Tensaw River

General data

Name: Tensaw River
Water system: Gulf of Mexico
Water type: Distributary
Source: Mobile River
Progression: Mobile Bay -> Gulf of Mexico -> Atlantic Ocean -> Planet Earth
Climates: Temperate
Continents: North America
Countries: United States of America

The Tensaw River is a river in Baldwin County, Alabama.

Overview It is a distributary of the Mobile River, about 41 miles (66 km) long.

It is formed as a bayou of the Mobile roughly 6 mi (9.7 km) south of the formation of the Mobile by the confluence of the Tombigbee and Alabama rivers.

The Tensaw flows alongside the Mobile and Middle Rivers, with the Tensaw being the easternmost flowing river.

Numerous back channels extend off the main channel into Baldwin County.

It enters Mobile Bay near Blakeley and Pinto Islands and around 1.8 mi (2.9 km) east of downtown Mobile.

Tensaw River

General data

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