| Amite River | |
| Name Etymology: | French amitié ("friendship"), or Choctaw himmita ("young")[1] |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | United States |
| Subdivision Type2: | States |
| Subdivision Type3: | Counties |
| Subdivision Type4: | Parishes |
| Length: | 117miles |
| Source1: | West Fork Amite River |
| Source1 Location: | Amite County, Mississippi |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 31.3219°N -90.7278°W |
| Source2: | East Fork Amite River |
| Source2 Location: | Lincoln County, Mississippi |
| Source2 Coordinates: | 31.4347°N -90.62°W |
| Source Confluence Location: | St. Helena Parish and East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana |
| Source Confluence Coordinates: | 30.9939°N -90.835°W |
| Mouth: | Lake Maurepas |
| Mouth Location: | Livingston Parish, Louisiana |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 30.2981°N -90.5603°W |
| Tributaries Right: | Comite River, Bayou Manchac |
The Amite River (French: Rivière Amite) is a tributary of Lake Maurepas in Mississippi and Louisiana in the United States. It is about long.[2] It starts as two forks in southwestern Mississippi and flows south through Louisiana, passing Greater Baton Rouge, to Lake Maurepas. The lower 37miles of the river is navigable. A portion of the river is diverted via the Petite Amite River and Amite Diversion Canal to the Blind River, which also flows to Lake Maurepas.
Amite could be an name derived from the Choctaw language meaning "young", although folk etymology holds it to be a corruption of the French amitié meaning "friendship".[3]
A 3.09kg (06.81lb) white bass (Morone chrysops) was caught on August 27, 2010 on the Amite River in Louisiana by angler Corey Crochet, tying an International Game Fish Association world record.[4]