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)

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

Leflore County Courthouse → locatedInRegion → North Mississippi Delta ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mississippi Delta

Archie Lee Meighan → fictionalLocation → North Mississippi Delta ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mississippi Delta

Holmes County, Mississippi → partOf → North Mississippi Delta ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mississippi Delta region

Lafayette County, Mississippi → partOf → North Mississippi Delta ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mississippi Delta region

U.S. Route 278 → traverses → North Mississippi Delta ⓘ

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

Yazoo County → partOf → North Mississippi Delta ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mississippi Delta region

Delmar O’Donnell → settingOfActivity → North Mississippi Delta ⓘ

this entity surface form: Great Depression-era Mississippi

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

subject surface form: Moorhead, Mississippi

this entity surface form: Mississippi Delta

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

subject surface form: Moorhead, Mississippi

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