- Buttahatchee River
Geobox | River
name = Buttahatchee River
category = River
image_size = 300
image_caption = A bridge crossing of the Buttahatchee River inMonroe County, Mississippi
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country = United States
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state = Alabama
state1 = Mississippi
region_type = County
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source_location = Winston County
source_region =
source_state = Alabama
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source_lat_d = 34
source_lat_m = 11
source_lat_s = 13
source_lat_NS = N
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
mouth_lat_m = 39
mouth_lat_s = 2
mouth_lat_NS = N
mouth_long_d = 88
mouth_long_m = 30
mouth_long_s = 49
mouth_long_EW = W
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commons = The Buttahatchee River is atributary of theTombigbee River , about convert|75|mi|km long, in northwesternAlabama and northeasternMississippi in theUnited States . Via the Tombigbee River, it is part of the watershed of theMobile River , which flows to theGulf 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. AtHamilton, Alabama , the river turns to the southwest and flows throughLamar County, Alabama andMonroe County, Mississippi ; its lower reach is used to define part of the boundary between Monroe and Lowndes Counties. The Buttahatchee joins the Tombigbee nearColumbus 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; andDeLorme (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 theGeographic Names Information System , the Buttahatchee River has also been known as:ee also
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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]
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