Mississippi–Louisiana border

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The Mississippi–Louisiana border is the state boundary in the southern United States that largely follows the course of the Pearl River and separates Mississippi from Louisiana.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf interstate border
state boundary
adjacentToBodyOfWater Gulf of Mexico NERFINISHED
borderOf Louisiana NERFINISHED
Mississippi NERFINISHED
country United States of America
surface form: United States
crossedByHighway Interstate 10 NERFINISHED
Interstate 12 NERFINISHED
Interstate 59 NERFINISHED
U.S. Route 11 NERFINISHED
U.S. Route 90 NERFINISHED
U.S. Route 98 NERFINISHED
crossedByRailway Norfolk Southern Railway main line near Slidell
demarcatedBy river thalweg in certain sections
survey markers
establishedWithin Louisiana Purchase territory NERFINISHED
followsRiver Pearl River NERFINISHED
governedBy State of Louisiana NERFINISHED
State of Mississippi NERFINISHED
hasAdjacentEcosystem bottomland hardwood forest
coastal wetlands
riverine floodplain
hasBorderType fluvial boundary
state line
hasDisputeStatus generally undisputed
hasHistoricalContext U.S. state formation in the early 19th century
hasLanguage English (administrative)
French (historical influence)
hasLegalStatus subnational boundary
hasNearbyProtectedArea Bogue Chitto National Wildlife Refuge NERFINISHED
Honey Island Swamp NERFINISHED
Pearl River Wildlife Management Area NERFINISHED
locatedInRegion Southern United States NERFINISHED
locatedInTimeZone Central Time Zone
nearCity New Orleans NERFINISHED
Picayune, Mississippi NERFINISHED
Slidell, Louisiana NERFINISHED
partlyDefinedBy Pearl River NERFINISHED
partOf Louisiana state boundaries NERFINISHED
Mississippi state boundaries
relatedTo Louisiana–Texas border NERFINISHED
Mississippi–Alabama border NERFINISHED
separatesState Louisiana NERFINISHED
Mississippi NERFINISHED
usedFor electoral district delimitation
jurisdictional delimitation
law enforcement jurisdiction
taxation jurisdiction

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Pearl River borderRegion Mississippi–Louisiana border
Ark-La-Miss region locatedNear Mississippi–Louisiana border
this entity surface form: Louisiana–Mississippi border
Kentwood, Louisiana, United States locatedNear Mississippi–Louisiana border
subject surface form: Kentwood, Louisiana
this entity surface form: Louisiana–Mississippi border
Mississippi's 3rd congressional district borderingState Mississippi–Louisiana border
this entity surface form: Louisiana (via Mississippi state border)