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Science In Your Backyard: Alabama

Alabama

  • Water Science Center - Montgomery
    AUM TechnaCenter
    75 TechnaCenter Drive
    Montgomery, AL 36117
    Phone: (334) 395-4120
    Fax: (334) 395-4168
    Office hours: 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Central Time

  • National Spatial Data Infrastructure Partnership Office (Liason for: AL, FL, GA, MS, PR, VI, Gulf Coast)
    U.S. Geological Survey
    Florida Mapping Partnership Office
    2010 Levy Avenue
    Tallahassee, FL 32310
    Phone: (850) 942-9500 x3034

  • USGS Alabama Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
    Email: coop-unit@auburn.edu
    108 White Smith Hall
    Auburn University
    Auburn, AL 36849-5418
    Phone: 334-844-4796
    Fax: 334-887-4509


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Alabama State Facts

Image of Alabama with a star pinpointing the location of the capital.
Locations on image are approximate


Capital: Montgomery(Star shaped icon located on map pinpointing capital.)
Land Area: 50,744 sq. miles
(source: 2010 Census)
Population: 4,779,736
(source: 2010 Census estimate)
Highest Point:
Cheaha Mtn. at 2,407 feet, located in the county/subdivision of Cleburne
(source: U.S. Geological Survey)
Lowest Point:
Gulf of Mexico at Sea Level
(source: U.S. Geological Survey)
Geographic Center:
Located in Chilton County approx. 12 miles southwest of Clanton
(source: U.S. Geological Survey)

 

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