Noxubee River

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The Noxubee River (NAHKS-uh-bee) is a tributary of the Tombigbee River, about 140 mi (225 km) long, in east-central Mississippi and west-central Alabama in the United States. Via the Tombigbee, it is part of the watershed of the Mobile River, which flows to the Gulf of Mexico.

Contents 1 Course 2 Variant names 3 See also 4 External links 5 References

[edit] 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 Greene 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.

[edit] Variant names

According to the Geographic Names Information System, the Noxubee River has also been known as:

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

[edit] See also

• List of Alabama rivers
• List of Mississippi rivers

[edit] External links

• Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge website

[edit] References

• Columbia Gazetteer of North America entry
• DeLorme (1998). Alabama Atlas & Gazetteer. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. ISBN 0-89933-274-9.
• DeLorme (1998). Mississippi Atlas & Gazetteer. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. ISBN 0-89933-346-X.
• GNIS entry for Noxubee River