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The Amite River / ˈ eɪ. m i t / (French: Rivière Amite) is a tributary of Lake Maurepas in Mississippi and Louisiana in the United States. It is about 117 miles (188 km) long. [ 2 ] It starts as two forks in southwestern Mississippi and flows south through Louisiana, passing Greater Baton Rouge , to Lake Maurepas.
Its drainage basin comprises about 348 square miles (900 km 2), and includes portions of Wilkinson and Amite Counties in Mississippi, and East Feliciana and East Baton Rouge Parishes in Louisiana. [2] The river's source lies in the hills of the East and West Feliciana Parishes, and empties into the Amite River just north of U.S. Route 190 ...
Amite River. Bayou Manchac; Comite River. Comite Creek; Blind River. Petite Amite River. New River; ... USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Louisiana (1974) See also
The lake receives fresh water from four river systems: Blind River, Amite River, Tickfaw River, and the Natalbany River. The average freshwater input to Lake Maurepas from these rivers and other minor terrestrial sources is less than 3,400 cubic feet per second (96 m 3 /s) (CWPPRA Environmental Workgroup, 2001).
The Louisiana Natural and Scenic Rivers System was established in 1970, ... Little River - 081601 and 081602; ... Amite River - 040301;
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. ... Amite River; Antoine Creek; ... Blind River (Louisiana) Boeuf River; Bogue Chitto River;
French Settlement was settled in 1800 via the Amite River by French, German, and Italian immigrants. The area was a thriving center of commerce, including cypress sawmills, animal trappers, shingle-making, farms, and a steamboat port.
Maurepas is an unincorporated community in the south/southwestern area of Livingston Parish, Louisiana, United States. [1] Louisiana Highway 22 passes through the community and Whitehall lies two miles to the east. Lake Maurepas is six miles to the east and the Amite River lies approximately one half mile to the north. [2] The ZIP Code for ...