Strong River
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The Strong River is a river, about 75 mi (120 km) long, in south-central Mississippi in the United States. It is a tributary of the Pearl River, which flows to the Gulf of Mexico.
[edit] Course
The Strong River rises in the Bienville National Forest in Scott County, about 6 mi (10 km) west of Forest, and flows generally southwestwardly through Smith, Rankin and Simpson Counties, past the town of D'Lo. It flows into the Pearl River 2 mi (3.2 km) southeast of Georgetown.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- Columbia Gazetteer of North America entry
- DeLorme (1998). Mississippi Atlas & Gazetteer. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. ISBN 0-89933-346-X.
- Geographic Names Information System entry, retrieved 4 February 2006
