Amite River

The Amite River /ˈ.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
Amite River watershed
EtymologyFrench amitié ("friendship"), or Choctaw himmita ("young")[1]
Location
CountryUnited States
StateMississippi, Louisiana
CountiesLincoln, Amite
ParishesEast Feliciana, St. Helena, East Baton Rouge, Ascension, Livingston
CityDenham Springs
Physical characteristics
SourceWest Fork Amite River
  locationAmite County, Mississippi
  coordinates31°19′19″N 90°43′40″W
2nd sourceEast Fork Amite River
  locationLincoln County, Mississippi
  coordinates31°26′05″N 90°37′12″W
Source confluence 
  locationSt. Helena Parish and East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana
  coordinates30°59′38″N 90°50′06″W
MouthLake Maurepas
  location
Livingston Parish, Louisiana
  coordinates
30°17′53″N 90°33′37″W
Length117 mi (188 km)
Basin features
Tributaries 
  rightComite 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]

See also

References

  1. Baca, Keith A. (26 April 2019). Native American Place Names in Mississippi. Univ. Press of Mississippi. ISBN 9781604734836 via Google Books.
  2. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-04-05 at WebCite, accessed June 20, 2011
  3. 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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