Noxubee River
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The Noxubee River (NAHKS-uh-bee) is a tributary of the Tombigbee River, about Script error: No such module "convert". long, in east-central Mississippi and west-central Alabama in the United States.[1][2][3] Via the Tombigbee, it is part of the watershed of the Mobile River, which flows to the Gulf of Mexico.
Course
The Noxubee rises in Choctaw Lake in the Tombigbee National Forest in Choctaw County, Mississippi, and flows generally southeastwardly through Winston, Oktibbeha and Noxubee Counties in Mississippi, and Sumter County in Alabama, through the Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge and past the town of Macon, Mississippi. It joins the Tombigbee River from the west, about 2 mi (3 km) west of Gainesville, Alabama.
Name
Noxubee is a name derived from the Choctaw language meaning "to stink".[4]
According to the Geographic Names Information System, the Noxubee River has also been known as:
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- Hachcha Osi River
- Hatch Oose River
- Hatcha River
- Hatchaoose River
- Hatche Oose River
- Hatchoose River
- Nooksabba River
- Noxaby Creek
- Noxiby River
- Noxshubby River
- Noxube River
- Noxuby Creek
- Oaknoxaby River
- Oaknoxubee River
- Ohanexubee River
- Oka Noxubee
- Oka Onoxubba River
- Okanoxubee River
- Okenoxubbee River
- Okenoxubee River
- Olamoyubee River
- Ruisseau Nachebe Tchitou River
See also
References
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- DeLorme (1998). Alabama Atlas & Gazetteer. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. Template:ISBN.
- DeLorme (1998). Mississippi Atlas & Gazetteer. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. Template:ISBN.
External links
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- Rivers of Alabama
- Rivers of Mississippi
- Bodies of water of Choctaw County, Mississippi
- Bodies of water of Sumter County, Alabama
- Bodies of water of Noxubee County, Mississippi
- Bodies of water of Oktibbeha County, Mississippi
- Bodies of water of Winston County, Mississippi
- Tributaries of the Tombigbee River
- Mississippi placenames of Native American origin
- Alabama placenames of Native American origin