| Big Black River | |
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| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Webster County, Mississippi |
| Mouth | |
• location | Mississippi River |
• elevation | 40 feet (12 m) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Bovina, MS |
| • average | 3,825 cu/ft. per sec.[1] |
Big Black River is a river in the U.S. state of Mississippi and a tributary of the Mississippi River. Its origin is in Webster County near the town of Eupora in the north central part of the state. From there it flows 330 miles (530 km) in a generally southwest direction until it merges with the Mississippi River 25 miles (40 km) south of the city of Vicksburg.[2] It is the major contributor to the Big Black River Basin.[3] It forms part of the northern border of Choctaw County, passes through Montgomery County, and forms the eastern border of Holmes County and the northern border of Claiborne County.
The Big Black River and most of its tributaries are silt-filled. The rivers carry large amounts of suspended sediment, resulting mostly from agricultural runoff. These tributaries are mostly slow-flowing muddy streams, however some are swift-flowing with sandy bottoms.[4]
The Battle of Big Black River Bridge, fought during the Battle of Vicksburg, was part of the Vicksburg Campaign in the American Civil War.[5]
- ^ "USGS Surface Water data for Mississippi: USGS Surface-Water Annual Statistics".
- ^ The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company
- ^ "Big Black River Basin". Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality. Archived from the original on 2006-09-23. Retrieved 2006-10-20.
- ^ "The Big Black River Basin". USGS.gov. Archived from the original on 2022-11-20. Retrieved 2006-10-20.
- ^ "Big Black River Bridge". nps.gov. Archived from the original on 2007-08-17. Retrieved 2006-10-20.