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Tombigbee River
The Tombigbee River is a tributary of the Mobile River, approximately 200 mi (325 km) long, in the U.S. states of Mississippi and Alabama. Together with the Alabama, it merges to form the short Mobile River before the latter empties into Mobile Bay on the Gulf of Mexico. The Tombigbee watershed encompasses much of the rural coastal plain of western Alabama and northeastern Mississippi, flowing generally southward. The river provides one of the principal routes of commercial navigation in the southern United States, as it is navigable along much of its length through locks and connected in its upper reaches to the Tennessee River via the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway. The name "Tombigbee" comes from Choctaw ''itumbi ikbi'', meaning "box maker, coffin maker", from ''itumbi'', "box, coffin", and ''ikbi'', "maker". The river formed the eastern boundary of the historical Choctaw lands, from the 17th century when they coalesced as a people, to the forced Indian Removal by t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White Bluff (Demopolis, Alabama)
White Bluff, also known as Ecor Blanc, is a historic site located along the Tombigbee River in Demopolis, Alabama. It is a chalk Chalk is a soft, white, porous, sedimentary carbonate rock. It is a form of limestone composed of the mineral calcite and originally formed deep under the sea by the compression of microscopic plankton that had settled to the sea floor. Ch ... cliff, roughly one mile long, that is composed of a geological layer known as the Demopolis Chalk Formation, part of the Selma Group. The upper portions of the cliff stood almost above the river before the construction of the Demopolis Lock and Dam downriver. It now averages about above the river. White Bluff was first named Ecor Blanc by 18th century French explorers and map makers. It also became known as the Chickasaw Gallery because early Native American inhabitants harnessed their boats at the foot of the cliff. It was the site where French Bonapartist refugees landed in 1817 and establis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meander
A meander is one of a series of regular sinuous curves in the Channel (geography), channel of a river or other watercourse. It is produced as a watercourse erosion, erodes the sediments of an outer, concave bank (cut bank, cut bank or river cliff) and deposits sediments on an inner, convex bank which is typically a point bar. The result of this coupled erosion and sedimentation is the formation of a sinuous course as the channel migrates back and forth across the axis of a floodplain. The zone within which a meandering stream periodically shifts its channel is known as a meander belt. It typically ranges from 15 to 18 times the width of the channel. Over time, meanders migrate downstream, sometimes in such a short time as to create civil engineering challenges for local municipalities attempting to maintain stable roads and bridges.Neuendorf, K.K.E., J.P. Mehl Jr., and J.A. Jackson, J.A., eds. (2005) ''Glossary of Geology'' (5th ed.). Alexandria, Virginia, American Geological I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aliceville Lake
Aliceville Lake is a reservoir in western Alabama and eastern Mississippi, on the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway. Close to Aliceville, Alabama, Aliceville, it is impounded by the Tom Bevill Lock and Dam. See also *List of Alabama dams and reservoirs References Protected areas of Lowndes County, Mississippi Protected areas of Noxubee County, Mississippi Bodies of water of Pickens County, Alabama Tennessee–Tombigbee Waterway Reservoirs in Alabama Reservoirs in Mississippi Protected areas of Pickens County, Alabama Bodies of water of Lowndes County, Mississippi Bodies of water of Noxubee County, Mississippi {{PickensCountyAL-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Columbus, Mississippi
Columbus is a city in and the county seat of Lowndes County, Mississippi, Lowndes County, on the eastern border of Mississippi, United States, located primarily east, but also north and northeast of the Tombigbee River, which is also part of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway. It is approximately northeast of Jackson, Mississippi, Jackson, north of Meridian, Mississippi, Meridian, south of Tupelo, Mississippi, Tupelo, northwest of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and west of Birmingham, Alabama. The population was 25,944 at the 2000 census and 23,640 in 2010. The population in 2019 was estimated to be 23,573. Columbus is the principal city of the Columbus, Mississippi Micropolitan Statistical Area, Columbus Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is part of the larger Columbus-West Point Combined Statistical Area, Columbus-West Point Combined Statistical Area. Columbus is also part of the area of Mississippi called Golden Triangle (Mississippi), The Golden Triangle, consisting of Columbus, We ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Columbus Lake (Mississippi)
Columbus Lake is a lake in northeast Mississippi Mississippi ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Deep South regions of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the north, Alabama to the east, the Gulf of Mexico to the south, Louisiana to the s ... on the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway. Close to Columbus, it is impounded by the John C. Stennis Lock and Dam. References Landforms of Clay County, Mississippi Tennessee–Tombigbee Waterway Reservoirs in Mississippi Landforms of Lowndes County, Mississippi {{ClayCountyMS-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aberdeen, Mississippi
Aberdeen is the county seat of Monroe County, Mississippi, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 4,961, down from 5,612 in 2010. Located on the banks of the Tombigbee River, Aberdeen was one of the busiest Mississippi ports of the 19th century. Cotton was heavily traded in town, and for a time Aberdeen was Mississippi's second largest city. Aberdeen retains many historic structures from this period, with over 200 buildings on the National Register of Historic Places. In the spring of each year, Aberdeen hosts pilgrimages to its historic antebellum homes. The most prominent of these antebellum homes is The Magnolias, which was built in 1850. Located just outside the city, Aberdeen Lock and Dam forms Aberdeen Lake, a popular recreational area. Aberdeen Lock and Dam is part of the Tennessee-Tombigbee waterway system. History In 1540, Hernando DeSoto's expedition was the first occasion that Europeans traveled through the vicinity of Aberdeen. Aberdeen was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aberdeen Lake (Mississippi)
Aberdeen Lake is a lake in northeast Mississippi on the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway. Close to Aberdeen, it is impounded by the Aberdeen Lock and Dam Aberdeen ( ; ; ) is a port city in North East Scotland, and is the List of towns and cities in Scotland by population, third most populous Cities of Scotland, Scottish city. Historically, Aberdeen was within the historic county of Aberdeensh .... References Tennessee–Tombigbee Waterway Reservoirs in Mississippi Landforms of Monroe County, Mississippi {{MonroeCountyMS-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Town Creek (Mississippi)
Town Creek, also known as Old Town Creek or West Fork Tombigbee River, is a tributary stream of the Tombigbee River. Its mouth is approximately two miles east of Amory in northeast Mississippi Mississippi ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Deep South regions of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the north, Alabama to the east, the Gulf of Mexico to the south, Louisiana to the s .... Image:Dic1008 005.jpg, Town Creek at Brewer Rd under bankfull conditions Dec. 10 2008. Image:Dic1008 131.jpg, Town Creek at 278 Rd (USGS station)under bankfull conditions (Dec 10 2008) See also * List of rivers of Mississippi References *. Retrieved 13 June 2005. *. Retrieved 21 May 2008. Rivers of Mississippi {{Mississippi-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monroe County, Mississippi
Monroe County is a county on the northeast border of the U.S. state of Mississippi next to Alabama. As of the 2020 census, the population was 34,180. Its county seat is Aberdeen. History The county is named in honor of James Monroe, the fifth President of the United States. Part of the county east of the Tombigbee River originally made-up part of the Alabama Territory, belonging to Marion County, until new lines of demarcation put it in the State of Mississippi in 1821. In 1889, an African-American man, Keith Bowen was lynched by a mob in the Lebanon community six miles south of Aberdeen after he was found in a white girl's bedroom at 3:00 AM." In 1922, William Baker, an 18-year-old African-American man was lynched in Monroe County by a white mob. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (0.9%) is water. In 1922, the Commissioner of Agriculture for the county published a report in a local newspaper which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Fork Tombigbee River
East Fork Tombigbee River was a historical name of a tributary stream of the Tombigbee River in northeast Mississippi. Its confluence with Town Creek in Monroe County was the historical beginning of the Tombigbee. Today, however, what was once known as the east fork is now designated as the Tombigbee. See also *List of rivers of Mississippi The list of rivers in Mississippi includes any rivers that flow through part of the State of Mississippi. The major rivers in Mississippi are the Mississippi River, Pearl River, Pascagoula River and the Tombigbee River, along with their main tribu ... References *. Retrieved 14 June 2005. Rivers of Mississippi Landforms of Monroe County, Mississippi Mississippi placenames of Native American origin {{Mississippi-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Itawamba County, Mississippi
Itawamba County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 23,863. Its county seat is Fulton. The county is part of the Tupelo, MS Micropolitan Statistical Area. The county was named for Itawamba, an early 19th-century Chickasaw leader. He was prominent during the Indian Removal period of the early 19th century, but died before his people left the area. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (1.4%) is water. Major highways * Interstate 22 * U.S. Highway 78 * Mississippi Highway 23 * Mississippi Highway 25 * Mississippi Highway 76 * Mississippi Highway 178 * Natchez Trace Parkway Adjacent counties * Tishomingo County - northeast * Franklin County, Alabama - east * Marion County, Alabama - southeast * Monroe County - south * Lee County - west * Prentiss County - northwest National protected area * Natchez Trace ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
