North Mississippi Delta

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agricultural region cultural region region

North Mississippi Delta is a culturally rich, agriculturally significant region in northern Mississippi known for its fertile alluvial plains and deep roots in blues music history.

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Observed surface forms (9)

Surface form	Occurrences
Mississippi Delta	28
Mississippi Delta region	23
Mississippi Delta cotton-growing region	3
Great Depression-era Mississippi	1
Mississippi Delta culture	1
Mississippi Delta plantation country	1
Mississippi Delta region (cultural periphery)	1
Northwest Mississippi	1
Yazoo-Mississippi Delta	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	agricultural region ⓘ cultural region ⓘ region ⓘ
climate	humid subtropical climate ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
culturalTradition	Delta blues NERFINISHED ⓘ gospel music ⓘ soul music ⓘ
drainedBy	Coldwater River NERFINISHED ⓘ Tallahatchie River NERFINISHED ⓘ Yazoo River NERFINISHED ⓘ Yocona River NERFINISHED ⓘ
economicActivity	agriculture ⓘ timber production ⓘ tourism ⓘ
hasCity	Clarksdale NERFINISHED ⓘ Greenville NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCounty	Bolivar County NERFINISHED ⓘ Coahoma County NERFINISHED ⓘ Leflore County NERFINISHED ⓘ Sunflower County NERFINISHED ⓘ Washington County NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasGeologicalFeature	Mississippi River floodplain ⓘ alluvial plain ⓘ
hasLandscape	extensive farmland ⓘ flat terrain ⓘ
hasSoilProperty	high fertility ⓘ
hasSoilType	alluvial soil ⓘ
hasTown	Cleveland NERFINISHED ⓘ Greenwood NERFINISHED ⓘ Indianola NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalAssociation	Great Migration NERFINISHED ⓘ Jim Crow era NERFINISHED ⓘ sharecropping ⓘ
influenced	American popular music ⓘ rhythm and blues ⓘ rock and roll ⓘ
knownFor	African American cultural heritage ⓘ blues music history ⓘ cotton farming ⓘ fertile alluvial plains ⓘ plantation-era history ⓘ row-crop agriculture ⓘ rural landscapes ⓘ
locatedIn	Mississippi NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Mississippi NERFINISHED ⓘ
musicHeritageSite	blues clubs ⓘ juke joints ⓘ
partOf	Mississippi Delta NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (61)

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Robert Johnson → associatedWith → North Mississippi Delta ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mississippi Delta

Yazoo River → associatedWith → North Mississippi Delta ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mississippi Delta cotton-growing region

Archie Lee Meighan → fictionalLocation → North Mississippi Delta ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mississippi Delta

Yazoo River → flowsThrough → North Mississippi Delta ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mississippi Delta

Northern Mississippi → hasSubregion → North Mississippi Delta ⓘ

East South Central division → includesPartOfRegion → North Mississippi Delta ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mississippi Delta

Yazoo River → isMajorWaterwayOf → North Mississippi Delta ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mississippi Delta

Sikeston, Missouri → isPartOf → North Mississippi Delta ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mississippi Delta region

Warren County, Mississippi → isPartOf → North Mississippi Delta ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mississippi Delta region

Cleveland, Mississippi → knownFor → North Mississippi Delta ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mississippi Delta culture

Blues Highway → locatedIn → North Mississippi Delta ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mississippi Delta

Clarksdale, Mississippi, United States → locatedIn → North Mississippi Delta ⓘ

subject surface form: Clarksdale, Mississippi

this entity surface form: Mississippi Delta

Cleveland, Mississippi → locatedIn → North Mississippi Delta ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mississippi Delta

Delta blues region → locatedIn → North Mississippi Delta ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mississippi Delta

Greenwood Historic District → locatedIn → North Mississippi Delta ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mississippi Delta region

Leflore County → locatedIn → North Mississippi Delta ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mississippi Delta cotton-growing region

Leflore County, Mississippi, United States → locatedIn → North Mississippi Delta ⓘ

subject surface form: Leflore County, Mississippi

this entity surface form: Mississippi Delta

Mississippi's 2nd congressional district → locatedIn → North Mississippi Delta ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mississippi Delta

Money, Mississippi, United States → locatedIn → North Mississippi Delta ⓘ

subject surface form: Money, Mississippi

this entity surface form: Mississippi Delta

Montgomery County, Mississippi, United States → locatedIn → North Mississippi Delta ⓘ

subject surface form: Montgomery County, Mississippi

this entity surface form: Mississippi Delta region

Second Street, Indianola → locatedIn → North Mississippi Delta ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mississippi Delta

Sumner, Mississippi, United States → locatedIn → North Mississippi Delta ⓘ

subject surface form: Sumner, Mississippi

this entity surface form: Mississippi Delta region

Sunflower County, Mississippi → locatedIn → North Mississippi Delta ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mississippi Delta

Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, United States → locatedIn → North Mississippi Delta ⓘ

subject surface form: Tallahatchie County, Mississippi

this entity surface form: Mississippi Delta

Tunica County, Mississippi → locatedIn → North Mississippi Delta ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mississippi Delta region

Yazoo River basin → locatedIn → North Mississippi Delta ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mississippi Delta region

Claiborne County, Mississippi → locatedInRegion → North Mississippi Delta ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mississippi Delta region

Leflore County → locatedInRegion → North Mississippi Delta ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mississippi Delta

Leflore County Courthouse → locatedInRegion → North Mississippi Delta ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mississippi Delta

Leflore County, Mississippi, United States → locatedInRegion → North Mississippi Delta ⓘ

subject surface form: Leflore County, Mississippi

this entity surface form: Yazoo-Mississippi Delta

Mississippi Valley State University (nearby, at Itta Bena address) → locatedInRegion → North Mississippi Delta ⓘ

subject surface form: Mississippi Valley State University

this entity surface form: Mississippi Delta

Moorhead, Mississippi, United States → locatedInRegion → North Mississippi Delta ⓘ

subject surface form: Moorhead, Mississippi

this entity surface form: Mississippi Delta

Sunflower County, Mississippi → locatedInRegion → North Mississippi Delta ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mississippi Delta region

Winterville Mounds → locatedInRegion → North Mississippi Delta ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mississippi Delta

Yazoo River → locatedInRegion → North Mississippi Delta ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mississippi Delta

Sumner, Mississippi, United States → nearestLargeRegion → North Mississippi Delta ⓘ

subject surface form: Sumner, Mississippi

this entity surface form: Mississippi Delta plantation country

Mid-South → overlapsWith → North Mississippi Delta ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mississippi Delta region

Attala County, Mississippi → partOf → North Mississippi Delta ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mississippi Delta region (cultural periphery)

Greenville, Mississippi → partOf → North Mississippi Delta ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mississippi Delta region

Holmes County, Mississippi → partOf → North Mississippi Delta ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mississippi Delta region

Holmes County → partOf → North Mississippi Delta ⓘ

subject surface form: Holmes County, Mississippi

this entity surface form: Mississippi Delta region

Jefferson County → partOf → North Mississippi Delta ⓘ

subject surface form: Jefferson County, Mississippi

this entity surface form: Mississippi Delta region

Lafayette County, Mississippi → partOf → North Mississippi Delta ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mississippi Delta region

Leflore County, Mississippi, United States → partOf → North Mississippi Delta ⓘ

subject surface form: Leflore County, Mississippi

this entity surface form: Mississippi Delta region

Leflore County, Mississippi, United States → partOf → North Mississippi Delta ⓘ

subject surface form: Leflore County, Mississippi

this entity surface form: Mississippi Delta cotton-growing region

Moorhead, Mississippi, United States → partOf → North Mississippi Delta ⓘ

subject surface form: Moorhead, Mississippi

this entity surface form: Mississippi Delta region

Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, United States → partOf → North Mississippi Delta ⓘ

subject surface form: Tallahatchie County, Mississippi

this entity surface form: Mississippi Delta region

Yazoo County → partOf → North Mississippi Delta ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mississippi Delta region

Yazoo County, Mississippi → partOf → North Mississippi Delta ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mississippi Delta region

Greenwood LeFlore → region → North Mississippi Delta ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mississippi Delta