Buttahatchee River

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Buttahatchee River
A bridge crossing of the Buttahatchee River in Monroe County, Mississippi

The Buttahatchee River is a tributary of the Tombigbee River, about 75 mi (120 km) long, in northwestern Alabama and northeastern Mississippi in the United States. Via the Tombigbee River, it is part of the watershed of the Mobile River, which flows to the Gulf of Mexico.

It rises in northwestern Winston County, Alabama, near the town of Delmar, and flows generally westwardly through Marion County, where it collects a short tributary, the West Branch Buttahatchee River. At Hamilton, Alabama, the river turns to the southwest and flows through Lamar County, Alabama and Monroe County, Mississippi; its lower reach is used to define part of the boundary between Monroe and Lowndes Counties. The Buttahatchee joins the Tombigbee near Columbus Air Force Base, 12 mi (19 km) north-northwest of Columbus.

[edit] Variant names and spellings

The Board on Geographic Names settled on "Buttahatchee River" as the river's official name and spelling in 1947. According to the Geographic Names Information System, the Buttahatchee River has also been known as:

Bartahatchie River Buddahatchie River Buddy Hatchee River Budie Hachey River Budihatchey River Butahatcha River Butahatchie River

Butehatchee River Buteyhatchey River Buthatcha River Buttahachee River Buttahachie River Buttahatcha River Buttahatche River

Buttahatchie River Buttahatchy River Buttatchie River Buttia Hatchey Buttiehachie River Buttiehatchee River Buttihachie River

[edit] See also

• List of Alabama rivers
• List of Mississippi rivers

[edit] Sources

• 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.
• USGS GNIS: Buttahatchee River