Big Black River

Big Black River is a river in the U.S. state of and a tributary of the Mississippi River. Its origin is in near the town of in the north central part of the state.
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  • Type: Stream
  • Description: river in the U.S. state of Mississippi and a tributary of the Mississippi River
  • Also known as: Bayou Petitte Rautox”, “Big Black River Canal”, “Chittaloosa River”, “Old Channel Big Black River”, and “River Tioux

Big Black River

Latitude
32.05377° or 32° 3′ 14″ north
Longitude
-91.05816° or 91° 3′ 29″ west
Elevation
43 feet (13 metres)
Open location code
864C3W3R+GP
Geo­Names ID
4418244
Wiki­data ID
Q1042217
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Big Black River” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: نهر بيج بلاك
  • Asturian: Ríu Big Black
  • Bulgarian: Биг Блек Ривър
  • Catalan: Big Black
  • Cebuano: Big Black River
  • Chinese: 大黑河
  • Danish: Big Black River
  • Dutch: Big Black River
  • Egyptian Arabic: نهر بيچ بلاك
  • French: Big Black River
  • French: Big Black
  • French: rivière Big Black
  • German: Big Black River
  • Irish: Abhainn Big Black
  • Japanese: ビッグ・ブラックリバー (ミシシッピ)
  • Korean: 빅블랙강
  • Lithuanian: Big Blak Riveris
  • Lithuanian: Didžioji Juodoji upė
  • Mingrelian: ბიგ ბლეკ-რივერი
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Big Black River
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Big Black
  • Norwegian: Big Black River
  • Persian: بیگ بلک ریور (میسیسیپی)
  • Persian: بیگ بلک ریور
  • Polish: Big Black (dopływ Missisipi)
  • Polish: Big Black
  • Spanish: Rio Big Black
  • Spanish: río Big Black
  • Spanish: Río Big Black
  • Spanish: río Gran Black
  • Tajik: Биг Блек Ривер
  • Tajik: Бийг билак ревир (мисисипи)
  • Venetian: Big Black
  • Welsh: Afon Big Black

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