The Alafia River is 25 miles (40 km) long, with a watershed of 335 square miles (870 km²)^[1] in Hillsborough County flowing into Tampa Bay. The watershed contains ten named lakes and ponds, and 29 named rivers, streams and canals. During the rainy season, excess water is pumped to the new C.W. Bill Young Regional Reservoir, which opened in 2005.

For centuries the Alafia was home to the Tocobaga Indians. From their settlement at the mouth of the river to their hunting camps upstream, the Indians left traces of their lives and activities.

In the sixteenth century, the expeditions of Pánfilo de Narváez and Hernando de Soto explored the coastal areas of Tampa Bay and visited the Indians, making the first written account and charting the first maps of the Alafia River. On an early map the name 'Alafia' does not appear, but rather the translation, Hunting River.

Part of the river exists within the confines of the Alafia River State Park.

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  Great Blue Heron.

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  On the Alafia River near Lithia Springs Park.

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  Hurrah Lake on the Alafia River.

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  An Alligator near the State Park campground.

References[link]

1. ^ Lamm, Greg. 1990. Alafia River. in Marth, Del and Marty Marth, eds. The Rivers of Florida. Sarasota, Florida: Pineapple Press, Inc. ISBN 0-910923-70-1.

Coordinates: 27°51′11″N 82°24′01″W / 27.8530809°N 82.4003712°W / 27.8530809; -82.4003712

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Alafia
—  Commune  —
Toya Location of Toya in Mali
Coordinates: 16°39′25″N 3°02′52″W / 16.65694°N 3.04778°W / 16.65694; -3.04778Coordinates: 16°39′25″N 3°02′52″W / 16.65694°N 3.04778°W / 16.65694; -3.04778
Country	Mali
Region	Tombouctou Region
Cercle	Timbuktu Cercle
Area[1]
• Total	27,857 km2 (10,756 sq mi)
Population (2009 census)[2]
• Total	13,318
Time zone	GMT (UTC+0)

Alafia is a rural commune of the Cercle of Timbuktu in the Tombouctou Region of Mali. The main village and administrative centre is Toya. The commune is mostly desert and covers an area of 27,857 km². In the 2009 census the commune had a population of 13,318.

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v t e Communes and towns of the Tombouctou Region Capital: Timbuktu Diré Cercle Diré (Diré) Binga (Sarakoira) Arham (Arham) Bourem Sidi Amar (Bourem Sidi Amar) Dangha (Dangha) Garbakoïra (Garbakoïra) Haibongo (Haibongo) Kirchamba (Kirchamba) Kondi (Kondi) Sareyamou (Sareyamou) Tienkour (Tienkour) Tindirma (Tindirma) Tinguereguif (Gari) Goundam Cercle Goundam (Goundam) Alzounoub (Sonima) Bintagoungou (Bintagoungou) Douekire (Douekire) Adarmalane (Adarmalane) Gargando (Gargando) Issa Bery (Toucabangou) Kaneye (Kaneye) Doukouria (Doukouria) M'Bouna (M'Bouna) Tilemsi (Kel Malha) Tele (Hangabéra) Essakane (Essakane) Raz El Ma (Raz El Ma) Tin Aicha (Tin Aicha) Tonka (Tonka) Gourma-Rharous Cercle Gourma-Rharous (Gourma-Rharous) Bambara Maoudé (Bambara Maoudé) Banikane (Banikane) Gossi (Gossi) Haribomo (Daka Fifo) Inadiatafane (Inadiatafane) Ouinerden (Adiora) Hanzakoma (Minkiri) Séréré (Madiakoye) Niafunké Cercle Soboundou (Niafunké) Banikane Narhawa (Banikane) Koumaira (Koumaira) Léré (Léré) Dianke (Dianke) N'Gorkou (N'Gorkou) Fittouga (Saraféré) Soumpi (Soumpi) Timbuktu Cercle Tombouctou (Tombouctou) Lafia (Aglal) Alafia (Toya) Ber (Ber) Bourem-Inaly (Bourem-Inaly) Salam (Agouni)