Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A river, about 500 km (310 mi) long, rising in northwest South Carolina and flowing southeast along the South Carolina–Georgia border to the Atlantic Ocean.
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- noun a river in South Carolina that flows southeast to the Atlantic
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Examples
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And history tells us that the Savannah River was a home, a fugitive communities of Africans who had run away.
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The unauthorized recreational activities of slaves in the Edgefield and Barnwell districts of South Carolina were so rampant that slaveholders formed the Savannah River Anti-Slave Traffick Association in the mid-1840s to stop the drinking and sneaking “abroad to night meetings” by the people they owned.
A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010
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That information will be as important as ever as Savannah River tackles the two-pronged mission of cleaning up waste from past operations while simultaneously launching new ones.
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They argue that Congress promised a place to put high-level radioactive waste from sites including the Hanford nuclear reservation in Washington and the Savannah River site in South Carolina.
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The alligator on the Savannah River nuclear weapons site serves as the modern-day equivalent of a canary in a coal mine, a measure of federal efforts to manage a legacy of contamination left by a half-century of nuclear weapons production.
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Overlooking the Talmadge Bridge and the Savannah River, this boutique inn has a massive tapas bar.
Southern Revival 2011
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They argue that Congress promised a place to put high-level radioactive waste from sites including the Hanford nuclear reservation in Washington and the Savannah River site in South Carolina.
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In 2010 the Energy Department offered an $8.3 billion guarantee to Southern Co. to build two reactors at the Vogtle nuclear facility near Waynesboro, Ga., about 30 miles from Augusta on the Savannah River.
U.S. Power Companies May Face Financing Hurdles Tennille Tracy 2011
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Consider the current mess involving Jasper Ocean Terminal on the Savannah River, the border between South Carolina and Georgia.
Move It! Robert Puentes 2011
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In 2010 the Energy Department offered an $8.3 billion guarantee to Southern Co. to build two reactors at the Vogtle nuclear facility near Waynesboro, Ga., about 30 miles from Augusta on the Savannah River.
Crisis to Complicate Funding for U.S. Reactors Tennille Tracy 2011
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