Yazoo River basin

E264348
drainage basin river basin

The Yazoo River basin is a major drainage area in northwestern Mississippi that collects waters from the Yazoo River and its tributaries before they flow into the Mississippi River.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Yazoo River basin canonical 2
Yazoo River Basin 1
Yazoo-Mississippi Delta 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf drainage basin ⓘ
river basin ⓘ
containsRiver Big Black River ⓘ
Coldwater River ⓘ
Sunflower River ⓘ
Tallahatchie River ⓘ
Yalobusha River ⓘ
Yazoo River ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
drainageRiver Yazoo River ⓘ
drainsInto Mississippi River ⓘ
ecoregion Arkansas Delta region ⓘ
surface form: Mississippi Alluvial Plain
hasClimate humid subtropical climate ⓘ
hasConservationEfforts nutrient management programs ⓘ
wetland restoration projects ⓘ
hasFloodControlProject Yazoo Backwater Project ⓘ
hasIssue backwater flooding ⓘ
hasLandUse agriculture ⓘ
forestry ⓘ
wetlands ⓘ
hasMajorCity Greenville, Mississippi ⓘ
Greenwood, Mississippi, United States ⓘ
surface form: Greenwood, Mississippi

Yazoo City, Mississippi ⓘ
hasMouthNear Vicksburg, Mississippi ⓘ
hasSoilType alluvial soils ⓘ
hasWaterQualityConcerns nutrient pollution ⓘ
pesticide runoff ⓘ
sedimentation ⓘ
historicallyKnownFor cotton production ⓘ
hydrologicUnitCodeSystem United States Geological Survey ⓘ
knownFor flooding issues ⓘ
locatedIn North Mississippi Delta ⓘ
surface form: Mississippi Delta region

northwestern Mississippi ⓘ
managedBy U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ⓘ
partOf Lower Mississippi River basin ⓘ
surface form: Lower Mississippi River Basin

Mississippi River basin ⓘ
surface form: Mississippi River watershed
state Mississippi ⓘ
supportsEcosystem bottomland hardwood forests ⓘ
wetland habitats ⓘ
supportsSpecies freshwater fish ⓘ
migratory birds ⓘ
waterfowl ⓘ
tributaryOf Mississippi River ⓘ
usedFor row-crop agriculture ⓘ
timber production ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Mississippi River basin → hasPart → Yazoo River basin ⓘ
Ruleville, Mississippi, United States → locatedInPhysiographicRegion → Yazoo River basin ⓘ
subject surface form: Ruleville, Mississippi
this entity surface form: Yazoo-Mississippi Delta
Lower Mississippi River basin → hasPart → Yazoo River basin ⓘ
Yazoo River → drainageBasin → Yazoo River basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yazoo River Basin