Mississippi River Delta region

E103541

alluvial plain geographical region river delta

The Mississippi River Delta region is a vast alluvial plain in the lower Mississippi Valley known for its rich agricultural land, distinctive blues and Southern cultural heritage, and historical significance in the development of the American South.

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All labels observed (17)

Label	Occurrences
Mississippi Delta	15
Mississippi Delta region	7
Mississippi River Delta region canonical	7
Mississippi River Delta	6
Mississippi River delta	4
Delta region of Mississippi	2
Mississippi Alluvial Plain	2
Lower Mississippi River Delta	1
Lower Mississippi River valley	1
Mississippi Delta alluvial plain	1
Mississippi Delta cultural region (broadly Southern Mississippi culture)	1
Mississippi Delta flatlands	1
Mississippi Delta region (broad cultural sense)	1
Mississippi River Delta Plain	1
Mississippi River Deltaic Plain	1
Mississippi River delta wetlands	1
Mississippi River deltaic plain	1

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	alluvial plain ⓘ geographical region ⓘ river delta ⓘ
borderedBy	Gulf of Mexico ⓘ
characterizedBy	alluvial soils ⓘ extensive wetlands ⓘ flat topography ⓘ river levees ⓘ
containsCity	Baton Rouge, Louisiana ⓘ surface form: Baton Rouge Greenville, Mississippi ⓘ Memphis ⓘ New Orleans ⓘ Vicksburg, Mississippi ⓘ
containsEcosystem	bottomland hardwood forests ⓘ coastal marshes ⓘ swamps ⓘ
crossedBy	Mississippi River system locks and dams ⓘ surface form: Mississippi River levee system
drainedBy	Mississippi River ⓘ
economyBasedOn	agriculture ⓘ fisheries ⓘ petroleum industry ⓘ shipping and port activities ⓘ
hasClimate	humid subtropical climate ⓘ
hasPart	Arkansas ⓘ Louisiana ⓘ Mississippi River ⓘ surface form: Mississippi Mississippi River Delta region self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Mississippi Alluvial Plain northwestern Mississippi ⓘ southeastern Missouri ⓘ West Tennessee ⓘ surface form: western Tennessee
historicallySignificantFor	Civil Rights Movement activity ⓘ Great Migration origins ⓘ development of the American South ⓘ plantation agriculture ⓘ sharecropping system ⓘ slavery in the United States ⓘ
knownFor	African American cultural history ⓘ Cajun culture ⓘ Creole culture ⓘ Southern cultural traditions ⓘ blues music heritage ⓘ catfish farming ⓘ cotton production ⓘ rice cultivation ⓘ rich agricultural land ⓘ soybean production ⓘ sugarcane cultivation ⓘ
locatedIn	Southern United States ⓘ surface form: American South Lower Mississippi River basin ⓘ surface form: Lower Mississippi Valley United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
threatenedBy	coastal erosion ⓘ hurricane storm surges ⓘ sea level rise ⓘ subsidence ⓘ

Referenced by (53)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Memphis metropolitan area → partOf → Mississippi River Delta region ⓘ

Itta Bena, Mississippi, United States → locatedIn → Mississippi River Delta region ⓘ

subject surface form: Itta Bena, Mississippi

this entity surface form: Mississippi Delta

Itta Bena, Mississippi, United States → region → Mississippi River Delta region ⓘ

subject surface form: Itta Bena, Mississippi

this entity surface form: Mississippi Delta

Mississippi River valley → hasPart → Mississippi River Delta region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lower Mississippi River valley

B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center → locatedInRegion → Mississippi River Delta region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mississippi Delta

Indianola, Mississippi, United States → region → Mississippi River Delta region ⓘ

subject surface form: Indianola, Mississippi

this entity surface form: Mississippi Delta

Indianola, Mississippi, United States → locatedOn → Mississippi River Delta region ⓘ

subject surface form: Indianola, Mississippi

this entity surface form: Mississippi Delta alluvial plain

McComb, Mississippi, United States → isPartOf → Mississippi River Delta region ⓘ

subject surface form: McComb, Mississippi

this entity surface form: Mississippi Delta cultural region (broadly Southern Mississippi culture)

Council of Federated Organizations → regionServed → Mississippi River Delta region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mississippi Delta

Metairie, Louisiana, United States → locatedIn → Mississippi River Delta region ⓘ

U.S. Route 61 → passesNear → Mississippi River Delta region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mississippi Delta

Greenwood, Mississippi, United States → locatedInRegion → Mississippi River Delta region ⓘ

subject surface form: Greenwood, Mississippi

this entity surface form: Mississippi Delta

Greenwood, Mississippi, United States → region → Mississippi River Delta region ⓘ

subject surface form: Greenwood, Mississippi

this entity surface form: Delta region of Mississippi

Louisiana Gulf Coast → contains → Mississippi River Delta region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mississippi River Delta

East South Central States → containsSubregion → Mississippi River Delta region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mississippi Delta

Gulf Coastal Plain → containsFeature → Mississippi River Delta region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mississippi River Delta

Mudbound → settingLocation → Mississippi River Delta region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mississippi Delta

Forrest City, Arkansas → partOf → Mississippi River Delta region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mississippi Delta region

Mississippi River Delta region → hasPart → Mississippi River Delta region self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mississippi Alluvial Plain

Mound Bayou, Mississippi, United States → locatedIn → Mississippi River Delta region ⓘ

subject surface form: Mound Bayou, Mississippi

this entity surface form: Mississippi Delta

Mound Bayou, Mississippi, United States → region → Mississippi River Delta region ⓘ

subject surface form: Mound Bayou, Mississippi

this entity surface form: Mississippi Delta flatlands

Ruleville, Mississippi, United States → locatedInRegion → Mississippi River Delta region ⓘ

subject surface form: Ruleville, Mississippi

this entity surface form: Mississippi Delta

Ruleville, Mississippi, United States → partOf → Mississippi River Delta region ⓘ

subject surface form: Ruleville, Mississippi

this entity surface form: Mississippi Delta region

Freedom Farm Cooperative → regionServed → Mississippi River Delta region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mississippi Delta

Tipton County, Tennessee → locatedIn → Mississippi River Delta region ⓘ

Horn Lake, Mississippi → locatedIn → Mississippi River Delta region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mississippi Delta region (broad cultural sense)

Buras-Triumph, Louisiana → locatedOn → Mississippi River Delta region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mississippi River Delta

Buras-Triumph, Louisiana → locatedInRegion → Mississippi River Delta region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mississippi River Deltaic Plain

Greenwood micropolitan area → partOf → Mississippi River Delta region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mississippi Delta region

Blues → developedInRegion → Mississippi River Delta region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mississippi Delta

Marks, Mississippi, United States → partOf → Mississippi River Delta region ⓘ

subject surface form: Marks, Mississippi

this entity surface form: Mississippi Delta region

Leflore County → partOf → Mississippi River Delta region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mississippi Delta region

Greenville, Mississippi → locatedInRegion → Mississippi River Delta region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mississippi Delta

Greenville, Mississippi → region → Mississippi River Delta region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mississippi Delta

Atchafalaya Basin → partOf → Mississippi River Delta region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mississippi River Delta

Lake Pontchartrain → partOf → Mississippi River Delta region ⓘ

Bayou Lafourche → partOf → Mississippi River Delta region ⓘ

Delta, Louisiana, United States → namedAfter → Mississippi River Delta region ⓘ

subject surface form: Delta, Louisiana

this entity surface form: Mississippi River delta

Delta, Louisiana, United States → locatedInRegion → Mississippi River Delta region ⓘ

subject surface form: Delta, Louisiana

this entity surface form: Mississippi Delta region

Brownsville, Tennessee, United States → locatedInPhysiographicRegion → Mississippi River Delta region ⓘ

subject surface form: Brownsville, Tennessee

this entity surface form: Mississippi Delta region

Lower Mississippi River basin → hasPart → Mississippi River Delta region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mississippi River delta

Lower Mississippi River basin → containsFeature → Mississippi River Delta region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mississippi River deltaic plain

eastern Louisiana → knownFor → Mississippi River Delta region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mississippi River delta wetlands

Houma people → historicalRegion → Mississippi River Delta region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mississippi River Delta

Fort St. Philip → locatedInEcoregion → Mississippi River Delta region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mississippi River Delta

Clarksdale, Mississippi, United States → locatedIn → Mississippi River Delta region ⓘ

subject surface form: Clarksdale, Mississippi

this entity surface form: Delta region of Mississippi

St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana → historicalRegion → Mississippi River Delta region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lower Mississippi River Delta

New Orleans metropolitan area → partOf → Mississippi River Delta region ⓘ

Yazoo County, Mississippi → locatedInPhysiographicRegion → Mississippi River Delta region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mississippi Alluvial Plain

Houma → historicalRegion → Mississippi River Delta region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mississippi River delta