Amite River
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.
| 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 |
| 2nd source | East Fork Amite River |
| ⁃ location | Lincoln County, Mississippi |
| ⁃ coordinates | 31°26′05″N 90°37′12″W |
| Source confluence | |
| ⁃ location | St. Helena Parish and East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana |
| ⁃ coordinates | 30°59′38″N 90°50′06″W |
| Mouth | Lake Maurepas |
⁃ location | Livingston Parish, Louisiana |
⁃ coordinates | 30°17′53″N 90°33′37″W |
| Length | 117 mi (188 km) |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| ⁃ right | Comite River, Bayou Manchac |
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
- An excursion steamer on the Amite River, c. 1895
See also
- 2016 Louisiana floods
- List of Louisiana rivers
- List of rivers of Mississippi
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.
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