Yazoo River

E269397

river

The Yazoo River is a major waterway in west-central Mississippi that flows through the Mississippi Delta before joining the Mississippi River.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Yazoo River canonical	18

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	river ⓘ
associatedWith	North Mississippi Delta ⓘ surface form: Mississippi Delta cotton-growing region Yazoo City flood events ⓘ
basinCountry	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
confluenceLocation	Vicksburg, Mississippi ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
drainageBasin	Yazoo River basin ⓘ surface form: Yazoo River Basin
environmentalIssue	flooding ⓘ sedimentation ⓘ water quality concerns ⓘ
flowsDirection	generally south-southwest ⓘ
flowsThrough	North Mississippi Delta ⓘ surface form: Mississippi Delta
formedByConfluenceOf	Tallahatchie River ⓘ Yalobusha River ⓘ
hasEconomicUse	barge traffic ⓘ commercial fishing ⓘ
hasEtymologyLanguage	Choctaw people ⓘ surface form: Choctaw
hasFeature	levees ⓘ meandering channel ⓘ
hasFloodControlStructure	Yazoo Backwater Project ⓘ surface form: Yazoo Backwater Project area
hasTributary	Big Black River ⓘ Coldwater River ⓘ Sunflower River ⓘ Yocona River ⓘ
hasType	alluvial river ⓘ
hasWatershedArea	on the order of tens of thousands of square kilometers ⓘ
isMajorWaterwayOf	North Mississippi Delta ⓘ surface form: Mississippi Delta
length	approximately 188 miles ⓘ approximately 303 kilometers ⓘ
locatedIn	Mississippi ⓘ
locatedInHydrologicRegion	Lower Mississippi River basin ⓘ surface form: Lower Mississippi River Basin
locatedInRegion	North Mississippi Delta ⓘ surface form: Mississippi Delta west-central Mississippi ⓘ
managedBy	U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ⓘ
mouthOf	Mississippi River ⓘ
namedAfter	Yazoo people ⓘ
notableFor	agricultural production in the Mississippi Delta ⓘ alluvial floodplain ⓘ
partOf	Lower Mississippi River basin ⓘ surface form: Lower Mississippi Valley
passesNear	Vicksburg, Mississippi ⓘ
passesThrough	Greenwood, Mississippi, United States ⓘ surface form: Greenwood, Mississippi Yazoo City, Mississippi ⓘ
riverSystem	Mississippi River basin ⓘ surface form: Mississippi River system
sourceLocation	near Greenwood, Mississippi ⓘ
state	Mississippi ⓘ
usedFor	flood control ⓘ irrigation ⓘ navigation ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

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

Itta Bena, Mississippi, United States → locatedNear → Yazoo River ⓘ

subject surface form: Itta Bena, Mississippi

Mississippi River → majorTributary → Yazoo River ⓘ

Greenwood, Mississippi, United States → locatedOnRiver → Yazoo River ⓘ

subject surface form: Greenwood, Mississippi

Inland Waterway System of the United States → hasPart → Yazoo River ⓘ

Leflore County → hasRiver → Yazoo River ⓘ

State of Mississippi → majorRiver → Yazoo River ⓘ

Leflore County, Mississippi, United States → locatedOnRiver → Yazoo River ⓘ

subject surface form: Leflore County, Mississippi

Yazoo River basin → drainageRiver → Yazoo River ⓘ

Yazoo River basin → containsRiver → Yazoo River ⓘ

Tallahatchie River → mouthOf → Yazoo River ⓘ

Tallahatchie River → flowsInto → Yazoo River ⓘ

Tallahatchie River → forms → Yazoo River ⓘ

Tallahatchie River → isTributaryOf → Yazoo River ⓘ

Yazoo County, Mississippi → namedAfter → Yazoo River ⓘ

Yazoo County, Mississippi → locatedOnRiver → Yazoo River ⓘ

Yazoo County, Mississippi → hasMajorWaterBody → Yazoo River ⓘ

Yazoo County → namedAfter → Yazoo River ⓘ

Yazoo County → locatedNear → Yazoo River ⓘ