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Tuscumbia River

Coordinates: 35°00′05″N 88°44′20″W / 35.0014773°N 88.7389424°W / 35.0014773; -88.7389424
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Tuscumbia River
Location
CountryUnited States
StatesMississippi and Tennessee
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationPrentiss County, Mississippi
 • elevation361 ft (110 m)
Mouth 
 • location
Hatchie River
Length44.4 mi (71.5 km)

The Tuscumbia River is a 44.4-mile-long (71.5 km)[1] tributary of the Hatchie River in northern Mississippi and western Tennessee in the United States. It rises in Prentiss County, Mississippi, near Booneville. It flows through Alcorn County, then into McNairy County, Tennessee, where it is joined by a major tributary, Cypress Creek, and then flows into the Hatchie River, just before it reaches Hardeman County, near Pocahontas, Tennessee.

Tuscumbia is a name derived from the Chickasaw language purported to mean either "warrior killer" or "warrior rainmaker".[2]

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References

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  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed June 3, 2011
  2. ^ Baca, Keith A. (2007). Native American Place Names in Mississippi. University Press of Mississippi. p. 127. ISBN 978-1-60473-483-6.

35°00′05″N 88°44′20″W / 35.0014773°N 88.7389424°W / 35.0014773; -88.7389424