Yazoo River
The Yazoo River is a river primarily in the U.S. state of Mississippi. It marks the eastern boundary of the Mississippi Delta, a broad floodplain that was cultivated for cotton plantations before the American Civil War.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Mississippi, United States
- Also known as: “Fiume dei Yasous”, “Fiume del Yasous”, “río des Yasoux”, “río Yahshoo”, “río Yasoux”, “Rio Yazoo”, “río Yazous”, “río Zasu”, “Riviere des Yasoux”, “Rivière des Yasoux”, “Yahshoo River”, “Yasoo River”, “Yasous River”, “Yazoo floden”, “Yazoo River Diversion Canal”, “Yazou River”, “Yazous River”, and “Zasu River”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Pemberton’s Headquarters and Lower Mississippi River Museum.
Lower Mississippi River Museum
Museum
Old Warren County Courthouse
Museum
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vicksburg and Delta.
Delta
Village
Delta is a village in Madison Parish, Louisiana, United States. Delta is situated 1½ miles west of Yazoo River.
Waltersville
Hamlet
Waltersville is an unincorporated community in Warren County, Mississippi, United States. Waltersville is situated 3½ miles northeast of Yazoo River.
Yazoo River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Warren, Mississippi, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
32.33542° or 32° 20′ 8″ north
Longitude
-90.89733° or 90° 53′ 50″ west
Elevation
49 feet (15 metres)
Open location code
864F84P3+53
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Yazoo River” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نهر يازو”
- Asturian: “Ríu Yazoo”
- Basque: “Yazoo ibaia”
- Bulgarian: “Язу”
- Catalan: “Riu Yazoo”
- Catalan: “Yazoo”
- Cebuano: “Yazoo River”
- Chinese: “亞祖河”
- Czech: “Yazoo”
- Danish: “Yazoo-floden”
- Dutch: “Yazoo River”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر يازو”
- French: “rivière Yazoo”
- French: “Yazoo”
- German: “Yazoo River”
- Hebrew: “נהר יאזו”
- Irish: “Yazoo”
- Italian: “Yazoo”
- Japanese: “ヤズー川”
- Korean: “야주강”
- Lithuanian: “Jazu”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Yazoo”
- Norwegian: “Yazoo”
- Polish: “Yazoo”
- Russian: “Язу”
- Spanish: “río Yazoo”
- Spanish: “Río Yazoo”
- Swedish: “Yazoofloden”
- Venetian: “Yazoo”
- Western Frisian: “Yazoo”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Speeds Addition and Jonestown.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Hammett Helipad and Delta Point.
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