Amite River

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The Amite River is a river in Louisiana and Mississippi that flows southward through rural areas and the Baton Rouge region before ultimately draining toward Lake Pontchartrain.

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Label Occurrences
Amite River canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf river
basin Lake Pontchartrain Basin NERFINISHED
country United States of America
surface form: United States
crossedBy Interstate 10 NERFINISHED
Interstate 12 NERFINISHED
U.S. Route 190 NERFINISHED
drainageArea part of southeastern Louisiana
parts of southwestern Mississippi
ecosystemType freshwater river
flowsDirection southward
flowsThrough Ascension Parish NERFINISHED
Baton Rouge metropolitan area NERFINISHED
East Baton Rouge Parish NERFINISHED
East Feliciana Parish NERFINISHED
Livingston Parish NERFINISHED
St. Helena Parish NERFINISHED
Tangipahoa Parish NERFINISHED
rural areas of Louisiana
rural areas of Mississippi
formsBorderBetween East Baton Rouge Parish and Livingston Parish NERFINISHED
East Feliciana Parish and St. Helena Parish NERFINISHED
hasFloodHistory subject to periodic flooding
hasTributary Bayou Manchac NERFINISHED
Colyell Creek NERFINISHED
Comite River NERFINISHED
Grays Creek NERFINISHED
locatedIn Louisiana
Mississippi NERFINISHED
managedBy Amite River Basin Commission NERFINISHED
mouth Lake Maurepas NERFINISHED
mouthLocation Louisiana NERFINISHED
nearCity Baton Rouge NERFINISHED
Denham Springs NERFINISHED
French Settlement NERFINISHED
Port Vincent NERFINISHED
notableEvent 2016 Louisiana floods
partOf Gulf of Mexico drainage basin NERFINISHED
Lower Mississippi River region NERFINISHED
region U.S. Gulf Coast NERFINISHED
sourceLocation Mississippi NERFINISHED
southwestern Mississippi
tributaryOf Lake Maurepas NERFINISHED
usedFor boating
fishing
flood control
recreation
watershed Amite River Basin NERFINISHED

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

Lake Pontchartrain inflow Amite River