Tangipahoa River

Geobox River
name = Tangipahoa River
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image_size = 200 px
image_caption = Map of the Tangipahoa River, LA
country = United States
country1 =
state = Mississippi
state1 = Louisiana
region_type = County/Parish
region = Pike County Amite County Lincoln County Tangipahoa Parish
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district =
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city = Osyka, Mississippi Kentwood, Louisiana Amite, Louisiana
city1 = Hammond, Louisiana
length_imperial = 110
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source_name = Little Tangipahoa River
source_location = Osyka, Pike County
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source_region =
source_state = Mississippi
source_country =
source_lat_d = 31
source_lat_m = 06
source_lat_s = 29
source_lat_NS = N
source_long_d = 90
source_long_m = 28
source_long_s = 32
source_long_EW = W
source_elevation_imperial = 269
source_length_imperial =
mouth_name = Lake Pontchartrain
mouth_location = Southeast Ponchatoula
mouth_district =
mouth_region = Tangipahoa Parish
mouth_state = Louisiana
mouth_country =
mouth_lat_d = 30
mouth_lat_m = 20
mouth_lat_s = 12
mouth_lat_NS = N
mouth_long_d = 90
mouth_long_m = 16
mouth_long_s = 26
mouth_long_EW = W
mouth_elevation_imperial = -3
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The Tangipahoa River (IPA2|tænˈdʒɪpəhoʊə in English; tan-juh-puh-HO-uh) originates northwest of McComb in southwest Mississippi, and runs south 110 miles through the Percy Quin Reservoir before passing into southeast Louisiana. Its mouth opens into the northwest region of Lake Pontchartrain. [ [http://www.bartleby.com/69/56/T01156.html The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. 2000.] ]

Alternate/historical names and spellings: [ [http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=133:3:2256349563441453058::NO::P3_FID:556198 USGS Geographic Names Information System - Tickfaw River] ]

*Rio Tanchipaho
*Taensapaoa River
*Tanchipaho River
*Tanchipao River
*Tandgepao River
*Tandgi-pao River
*Tangipaho River
*Tansypaho River
*Tanzipao River
*Taugipahoa River
*Tuckepaw River
*Big Tangipahoa River

References

External links

* [http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=133:3:2256349563441453058::NO::P3_FID:672695 USGS Geographic Names Information System - Little Tangipahoa River]
* [http://cfpub.epa.gov/surf/huc.cfm?huc_code=08070205 US EPA Tangipahoa Watershed]
* [http://www.mvn.usace.army.mil/eng2/edsd/proj_maps/pm1-28.jpgArmy Corps of Engineers Map of the Tickfaw River]
* [http://www.mvn.usace.army.mil/eng2/edsd/proj_maps/pmap_rah2.htm US Army Corps of Engineers River and Harbor Act Projects - New Orleans District]