Strong River
The Strong River is a 95.2-mile-long (153.2 km)[1] river in south-central Mississippi in the United States.[2] It is a tributary of the Pearl River,[3] which flows to the Gulf of Mexico.
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The stream headwaters arise in the Bienville National Forest in Scott County, about 6 miles (10 km) west of Forest at 32°23′08″N 89°35′04″W / 32.38556°N 89.58444°W[2] and at an elevation of about 465 feet.[4] and flows generally to the southwest through Smith, Rankin and Simpson counties, past the town of D'Lo.[3] It flows into the Pearl River 2 miles (3 km) southeast of Georgetown at 31°50′59″N 90°08′09″W / 31.84972°N 90.13583°W at an elevation of 197 feet.[2]
The Strong River takes its name from the English translation of the Choctaw words boke or boge homi, which means "bitter creek" or "strong tasting creek", a result of the tannic acid dissolved in the water by decomposing leaves. The name has nothing to do with the velocity of the stream.[citation needed]
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Notes
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed June 13, 2011
- ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Strong River
- ^ a b Mississippi Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 4th ed. 2010, pp 42-3 and 49 ISBN 0-89933-346-X
- ^ Hillsboro, Mississippi, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1982
Sources
- Rivers of Mississippi
- Landforms of Rankin County, Mississippi
- Landforms of Scott County, Mississippi
- Landforms of Simpson County, Mississippi
- Landforms of Smith County, Mississippi
- Tributaries of the Pearl River (Mississippi–Louisiana)
- Mississippi placenames of Native American origin
- Mississippi river stubs