Amite River
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Amite River | |
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![]() Amite River watershed | |
Etymology | French amitié ("friendship"), or Choctaw himmita ("young")[1] |
Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Mississippi, Louisiana |
Counties | Lincoln, Amite |
Parishes | East Feliciana, St. Helena, East Baton Rouge, Ascension, Livingston |
City | Denham Springs |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | West Fork Amite River |
• location | Amite County, Mississippi |
• coordinates | 31°19′19″N 90°43′40″W / 31.32194°N 90.72778°W |
2nd source | East Fork Amite River |
• location | Lincoln County, Mississippi |
• coordinates | 31°26′05″N 90°37′12″W / 31.43472°N 90.62000°W |
Source confluence | |
• location | St. Helena Parish and East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana |
• coordinates | 30°59′38″N 90°50′06″W / 30.99389°N 90.83500°W |
Mouth | Lake Maurepas |
• location | Livingston Parish, Louisiana |
• coordinates | 30°17′53″N 90°33′37″W / 30.29806°N 90.56028°WCoordinates: 30°17′53″N 90°33′37″W / 30.29806°N 90.56028°W |
Length | 117 mi (188 km) |
Basin features | |
Tributaries | |
• right | Comite River, Bayou Manchac |
The Amite River /ˈeɪ.mɛt/ (French: Rivière Amite) is a tributary of Lake Maurepas in Mississippi and Louisiana in the United States. It is about 117 miles (188 km) long.[2] It starts as two forks in southwestern Mississippi and flows south through Louisiana, passing Greater Baton Rouge, to Lake Maurepas. The lower 37 miles (59.5 km) of the river is navigable. A portion of the river is diverted via the Petite Amite River and Amite Diversion Canal to the Blind River, which also flows to Lake Maurepas.
Name
Amite could be an name derived from the Choctaw language meaning "young", although folk etymology holds it to be a corruption of the French amitié meaning "friendship".[3]
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See also
References
- ^ Baca, Keith A. (26 April 2019). Native American Place Names in Mississippi. Univ. Press of Mississippi. ISBN 9781604734836 – via Google Books.
- ^ "U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data". The National Map. Retrieved 20 June 2011.
- ^ Baca, Keith A. (2007). Native American Place Names in Mississippi. University Press of Mississippi. p. 4. ISBN 978-1-60473-483-6.
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- Rivers of Louisiana
- Bodies of water of East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana
- Bodies of water of East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana
- Bodies of water of St. Helena Parish, Louisiana
- Rivers of Ascension Parish, Louisiana
- Bodies of water of Livingston Parish, Louisiana
- Landforms of Amite County, Mississippi
- Rivers of Mississippi
- Landforms of Lincoln County, Mississippi
- Tributaries of Lake Maurepas