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The Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway (popularly known as the 'Tenn-Tom') is a 234 mile (377 km) artificial waterway that provides a connecting link between the Tennessee and Tombigbee rivers. The waterway begins at Pickwick Lake on the Tennessee River, then flows southward through northeast Mississippi and west Alabama , finally connecting with the established Warrior -Tombigbee navigation system at Demopolis, Alabama . After 12 years of construction, the waterway and its seventeen public ports and terminals opened to commercial traffic in January 1985 . In addition to the original 110,000 acres (445 km²) of land acquired for the construction and operation of the project, another 88,000 acres (356 km²) have been purchased and managed by the two state conservation agencies for wildlife habitat preservation and mixed use including hunting and parks. A 29 mile (47 km) artificial canal, the Divide Cut , makes the connection to the Tennessee. The elevation change between the two ends of the waterway is 341 feet (104 m). LOCKS ]] The waterway is composed of ten locks:
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