Noxubee River Explained

Noxubee River
Subdivision Type1:	Country
Subdivision Name1:	United States
Subdivision Type2:	State
Source1 Coordinates:	33.3033°N -89.1475°W
Mouth Coordinates:	32.8283°N -88.1792°W
Progression:	Noxubee River → Tombigbee River → Mobile River → Gulf of Mexico
Source1 Elevation:	619feet
Mouth Elevation:	75feet
Length:	91miles
Custom Label:	GNIS ID

200px|rightThe Noxubee River (NAHKS-uh-bee) is a tributary of the Tombigbee River, about 90.6miles long, in east-central Mississippi and west-central Alabama in the United States.^{[1] [2] [3]} Via the Tombigbee, it is part of the watershed of the Mobile River, which flows to the Gulf of Mexico.

Course

The Noxubee rises in Choctaw Lake in the Tombigbee National Forest in Choctaw County, Mississippi, and flows generally southeastwardly through Winston, Oktibbeha and Noxubee Counties in Mississippi, and Sumter County in Alabama, through the Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge and past the town of Macon, Mississippi. It joins the Tombigbee River from the west, about 2 mi (3 km) west of Gainesville, Alabama.

Name

Noxubee is a name derived from the Choctaw language meaning "to stink".^[4]

According to the Geographic Names Information System, the Noxubee River has also been known as:

• Hachcha Osi River
• Hatch Oose River
• Hatcha River
• Hatchaoose River
• Hatche Oose River
• Hatchoose River
• Nooksabba River
• Noxaby Creek
• Noxiby River
• Noxshubby River
• Noxube River
• Noxuby Creek
• Oaknoxaby River
• Oaknoxubee River
• Ohanexubee River
• Oka Noxubee
• Oka Onoxubba River
• Okanoxubee River
• Okenoxubbee River
• Okenoxubee River
• Olamoyubee River
• Ruisseau Nachebe Tchitou River

See also

• List of Alabama rivers
• List of Mississippi rivers

References

• DeLorme (1998). Alabama Atlas & Gazetteer. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. .
• DeLorme (1998). Mississippi Atlas & Gazetteer. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. .

External links

• Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge website

Notes and References

1. Web site: [{{GNIS 3|158173}} Noxubee River ]. Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . 2015-09-13.
2. Web site: [{{GNIS 3|694218}} Noxubee River ]. Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . 2015-09-13.
3. Web site: Station 02448000 NOXUBEE RIVER AT MACON, MS . USGS Hydro-Climatic Data Network (HCDN) . United States Geological Survey (USGS) . 2015-09-13.
4. Book: Baca, Keith A.. Native American Place Names in Mississippi. 2007. University Press of Mississippi. 978-1-60473-483-6. 66.