Amite River
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The Amite River Template:IPAc-en (Template:Langx) is a tributary of Lake Maurepas in Mississippi and Louisiana in the United States. It is about Script error: No such module "convert". long.[1] It starts as two forks in southwestern Mississippi and flows south through Louisiana, passing Greater Baton Rouge, to Lake Maurepas. The lower Script error: No such module "convert". 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.
Name
Amite could be an name derived from the Choctaw language meaning "young", although folk etymology holds it to be a corruption of the French amitié meaning "friendship".[2]
Fishing
A Script error: No such module "convert". white bass (Morone chrysops) was caught on August 27, 2010 on the Amite River in Louisiana by angler Corey Crochet, tying an International Game Fish Association world record.[3]
Gallery
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An excursion steamer on the Amite River, c. 1895
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See also
References
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- Rivers of Louisiana
- Bodies of water of East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana
- Bodies of water of East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana
- Bodies of water of St. Helena Parish, Louisiana
- Rivers of Ascension Parish, Louisiana
- Bodies of water of Livingston Parish, Louisiana
- Landforms of Amite County, Mississippi
- Rivers of Mississippi
- Landforms of Lincoln County, Mississippi
- Tributaries of Lake Maurepas
- Mississippi placenames of Native American origin
- Louisiana placenames of Native American origin