Pearl River

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The Pearl River is a major waterway in the southern United States that flows through central Mississippi and forms part of the Mississippi–Louisiana border before emptying into the Gulf of Mexico.

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Label Occurrences
Pearl River canonical 20
Pearl River watershed 2
Pearl River Basin 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river
basinCountry United States of America
surface form: United States
borderRegion Mississippi–Louisiana border
country United States of America
surface form: United States
createsReservoir Ross Barnett Reservoir
drainageBasinArea approximately 22,000 square kilometers
emptiesInto Gulf of Mexico
flowsInto Lake Borgne
Mississippi Sound
flowsThrough Louisiana
Mississippi
formsBorderBetween Louisiana
Mississippi River
surface form: Mississippi
formsEstuary Pearl River estuary (U.S. Gulf Coast)
hasAverageDischarge varies seasonally, generally hundreds of cubic meters per second
hasBridge Interstate 10 bridge over Pearl River
Interstate 59 bridge over Pearl River
Bay St. Louis Bridge
surface form: U.S. Route 90 bridge over Pearl River
hasDam Ross Barnett Reservoir dam
hasDistributary West Pearl River
hasEcosystemType bottomland hardwood forest
coastal marsh
hasHistoricalEvent site of Civil War skirmishes
subject of 20th-century flood control projects
hasMajorCityOnRiver Columbia, Mississippi
Jackson, Mississippi
Pearl, Mississippi
Picayune, Mississippi
Slidell, Louisiana
hasMouthElevation 0 meters
hasProtectedArea Bogue Chitto National Wildlife Refuge
Pearl River Wildlife Management Area
surface form: Pearl River Wildlife Management Area (Louisiana)

Pearl River Wildlife Management Area
surface form: Pearl River Wildlife Management Area (Mississippi)
hasTributary Bogue Chitto River
Leaf River
Strong River
Tuscolameta Creek NERFINISHED
West Pearl River
Yockanookany River NERFINISHED
hasWetlandArea Honey Island Swamp
locatedIn Southern United States
mouthLocation Gulf of Mexico
namedAfter pearl-like shells and pearls once found in the river
partOf Mississippi River basin
surface form: Mississippi River watershed
sourceLocation Central Mississippi
usedFor municipal water supply for Jackson, Mississippi
navigation (limited)
recreation
wildlife habitat

Referenced by (24)

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Jackson, Mississippi river Pearl River
Slidell, Louisiana locatedNear Pearl River
Central Mississippi hasMajorRiver Pearl River
Pearl River drainageBasin Pearl River
this entity surface form: Pearl River Basin
Pearlington, Mississippi locatedIn Pearl River
this entity surface form: Pearl River basin
Pearl River between Louisiana and Mississippi partOf Pearl River
subject surface form: Pearl River (Louisiana–Mississippi)
this entity surface form: Pearl River watershed
State of Mississippi majorRiver Pearl River
Picayune locatedNear Pearl River
St. Tammany Parish borderedBy Pearl River
St. Tammany Parish hasRiver Pearl River
Ross Barnett Reservoir partOf Pearl River
this entity surface form: Pearl River watershed
Pearl River County namedAfter Pearl River
Pearl River County hasFeature Pearl River
Mississippi Sound receivesRiver Pearl River
Jackson river Pearl River
subject surface form: Jackson, Mississippi
Pearl, Mississippi locatedOn Pearl River