Yazoo River
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This article is about an individual river. For type of tributary, see Yazoo stream.
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Yazoo River | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
States | |
Counties | |
Parish | Madison |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Confluence of Tallahatchie and Yalobusha rivers |
• location | Greenwood, Mississippi |
• coordinates | 33°33′23″N 90°11′01″W |
Mouth | Mississippi River |
• location | Vicksburg, Mississippi |
• coordinates | 32°20′02″N 90°54′10″W |
Length | 188 miles (303 km) |
Basin features | |
River system | Mississippi River |
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The Yazoo River is a river in the U.S. states of Louisiana and Mississippi. It is considered by some to mark the southern boundary of what is called the Mississippi Delta, a broad floodplain that was cultivated for cotton plantations before the American Civil War. It has continued to be devoted to large-scale agriculture.