Amite River
Appearance
Amite River | |
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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°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 a name derived from the Choctaw language meaning "young", although folk etymology holds it to be a corruption of the French amitié meaning "friendship".[3]
Gallery
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An excursion steamer on the Amite River, c. 1895
See also
References
- ^ Baca, Keith A. (26 April 2019). "Native American Place Names in Mississippi". Univ. Press of Mississippi – via Google Books.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-04-05 at WebCite, accessed June 20, 2011
- ^ Baca, Keith A. (2007). Native American Place Names in Mississippi. University Press of Mississippi. p. 4. ISBN 978-1-60473-483-6.
External links
Categories:
- 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