Amite River

Geobox River
name = Amite River
native_name =
other_name =
other_name1 =


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country = United States
state = Mississippi
state1 = Louisiana
region_type = Counties
region = Lincoln
region1 = Amite
district_type = Parishes
district = East Feliciana
district1 = St. Helena
district2 = East Baton Rouge
district3 = Ascension
district4 = Livingston
city = Denham Springs
city1 =
length_imperial = 100
watershed_imperial =
discharge_location =
discharge_imperial =
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discharge_min_imperial =
discharge1_location =
discharge1_imperial =
source_name = West Fork Amite River
source_location = Amite County
source_district =
source_region =
source_state = Mississippi
source_country =
source_lat_d = 31
source_lat_m = 19
source_lat_s = 19
source_lat_NS = N
source_long_d = 90
source_long_m = 43
source_long_s = 40
source_long_EW = W
source_location_note = cite web
url= Gnis3|1628469
title= "West Fork Amite River"
date= June 4 1980
work= Geographic Names Information System
publisher= United States Geological Survey
accessdate= 2008-02-04]
source_elevation_imperial =
source_length_imperial =
source1_name = East Fork Amite River
source1_location = Lincoln County
source1_district =
source1_region =
source1_state = Mississippi
source1_country =
source1_lat_d = 31
source1_lat_m = 26
source1_lat_s = 05
source1_lat_NS = N
source1_long_d = 90
source1_long_m = 37
source1_long_s = 12
source1_long_EW = W
source1_location_note = cite web
url= Gnis3|560687
title= "East Fork Amite River"
date= June 4 1980
work= Geographic Names Information System
publisher= United States Geological Survey
accessdate= 2008-02-04]
source1_elevation_imperial =
source1_length_imperial =
source_confluence_location = St. Helena Parish and East Feliciana Parish
source_confluence_district =
source_confluence_region =
source_confluence_state = Louisiana
source_confluence_country =
source_confluence_lat_d = 30
source_confluence_lat_m = 59
source_confluence_lat_s = 38
source_confluence_lat_NS = N
source_confluence_long_d = 90
source_confluence_long_m = 50
source_confluence_long_s = 06
source_confluence_long_EW = W
source_confluence_location_note = cite web
url= Gnis3|559776
title= "Amite River"
date= June 4 1980
work= Geographic Names Information System
publisher= United States Geological Survey
accessdate= 2008-02-04]
source_confluence_elevation_imperial =
mouth_name = Lake Maurepas
mouth_location = Livingston Parish
mouth_district =
mouth_region =
mouth_state = Louisiana
mouth_country =
mouth_lat_d = 30
mouth_lat_m = 17
mouth_lat_s = 53
mouth_lat_NS = N
mouth_long_d = 90
mouth_long_m = 33
mouth_long_s = 37
mouth_long_EW = W
mouth_location_note =
mouth_elevation_imperial =
tributary_left =
tributary_left1 =
tributary_right = Comite River
tributary_right1 = Bayou Manchac
free_name =
free_value =


map_caption = Amite River watershed

The Amite River is a tributary of Lake Maurepas in Mississippi and Louisiana in the United States. It is about convert|100|mi|km|1 long. It starts as two forks in southwestern Mississippi and flows south through Louisiana, passing Greater Baton Rouge to Lake Maurepas. The lower convert|37|mi|km|1 of the river is navigable. A portion of the river is diverted via the Petite Amite River and Amite Diversion Canal to the Blind River, which also flows to Lake Maurepas.

ee also

*List of Louisiana rivers

References

External links

* [http://amitebasin.org/ Amite River Basin Commission]
* [http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/la/sthelena/history/placename/ariver.txt excerpt about Amite River from "The Free State - A History and Place-Names Study of Livingston Parish"]
* [http://www.bartleby.com/69/57/A04457.html Columbia Gazetteer of North America]