Tuscumbia River

Tuscumbia River
Location
Country	United States
States	Mississippi and Tennessee
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Prentiss County, Mississippi
• elevation	361 ft (110 m)
Mouth
• location	Hatchie River
Length	44.4 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]

See also

• List of rivers of Mississippi
• List of rivers of Tennessee

References

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.

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