Leaf River (Mississippi)
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The Leaf River is a river, about 180 mi (290 km) long, in southern Mississippi in the United States. It is a principal tributary of the Pascagoula River, which flows to the Gulf of Mexico.
Course
The Leaf River rises in the Bienville National Forest in southwestern Scott County and flows initially southward through eastern Smith, northeastern Covington, western Jones and northern Forrest Counties to Hattiesburg, where it collects the Bouie River. Below Hattiesburg, the river turns southeastward and flows through central Perry and southwestern Greene Counties, skirting the edge of the De Soto National Forest, into northern George County, where it joins the Chickasawhay River to form the Pascagoula River.Variant names
According to the Geographic Names Information System, the Leaf River has also been known as:- Estapacha River
- Estopacha River
- Fiume
- Hashuphatchee River
- Hastabucha River
- Hastehatchee River
- Leaf Creek
- Pescaooula River (in part)
- Slapacha River
- Tallahoma River (in part)
- Tally Hooma Creek (in part)
See also
References
- [Columbia Gazetteer of North America entry]
- DeLorme (1998). Mississippi Atlas & Gazetteer. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. ISBN 0-89933-346-X.
- [GNIS entry], retrieved 4 February 2006
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