Buttahatchee River

Geobox | River
name = Buttahatchee River
category = River

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image_caption = A bridge crossing of the Buttahatchee River in Monroe County, Mississippi
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country = United States
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state = Alabama
state1 = Mississippi
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source_location = Winston County
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source_state = Alabama
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source_lat_d = 34
source_lat_m = 11
source_lat_s = 13
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source_long_d = 87
source_long_m = 37
source_long_s = 19
source_long_EW = W
source_coordinates_note = GNIS|691546|Buttahatchee River]
mouth = Tombigbee River
mouth_location = Border between Monroe County and Lowndes County
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mouth_state = Mississippi
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mouth_lat_d = 33
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commons = The Buttahatchee River is a tributary of the Tombigbee River, about convert|75|mi|km long, in northwestern Alabama and northeastern Mississippi in the United States. Via the Tombigbee River, it is part of the watershed of the Mobile River, which flows to the Gulf of Mexico.

Course

The Buttahatchee River rises in northwestern Winston County, Alabama, near the town of Delmar, and flows generally westwardly through Marion County, where it collects a short tributary, the West Branch Buttahatchee River. At Hamilton, Alabama, the river turns to the southwest and flows through Lamar County, Alabama and Monroe County, Mississippi; its lower reach is used to define part of the boundary between Monroe and Lowndes Counties. The Buttahatchee joins the Tombigbee near Columbus Air Force Base, 12 mi (19 km) north-northwest of Columbus. [Course info in part from: DeLorme (1998). "Alabama Atlas & Gazetteer". Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. ISBN 0-89933-274-9; and DeLorme (1998). "Mississippi Atlas & Gazetteer". Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. ISBN 0-89933-346-X]

Variant names and spellings

The Board on Geographic Names settled on "Buttahatchee River" as the river's official name and spelling in 1947. According to the Geographic Names Information System, the Buttahatchee River has also been known as:

ee also

*List of Alabama rivers
*List of Mississippi rivers

References

External links

* [http://www.bartleby.com/69/56/B12356.html Columbia Gazetteer of North America entry]