Sucarnoochee River

The Sucarnoochee River is a river in Kemper County, Mississippi and Sumter County, Alabama. It originates at 32.69877°N 88.48470°W / 32.69877; -88.48470, near Porterville, Mississippi, and discharges into the Tombigbee River at 32.42322°N 88.04564°W / 32.42322; -88.04564. It is 49.5 miles (79.7 km) long and drains an area of 607 square miles (1,570 km2).[1]

Sucarnoochee River
Location
CountryUnited States
StateAlabama and Mississippi
Physical characteristics
Source 
  coordinates32.69877°N 88.48470°W / 32.69877; -88.48470
Mouth 
  coordinates
32.42322°N 88.04564°W / 32.42322; -88.04564
Length49.5 mi (79.7 km)
Basin size607 sq mi (1,570 km2)

Sucarnoochee is a name derived from the Choctaw language purported to mean either (sources vary) "hog's river" or "place where hogs fatten".[2]

See also

References

  1. "SUCARNOOCHEE RIVER AT LIVINGSTON AL". HCDN: Streamflow Data Set, 1874 - 1988. USGS Water-Resources Investigations Report. Retrieved 3 December 2008.
  2. Baca, Keith A. (2007). Native American Place Names in Mississippi. University Press of Mississippi. p. 98. ISBN 978-1-60473-483-6.


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