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Pascagoula River





COURSE

The Pascagoula River is formed in northwestern George County by the confluence of the Leaf and Chickasawhay Rivers and flows generally southward through Swampy bottomlands in George and Jackson Counties. In its lower course the river forms several channels and Bayou s; its largest such Distributary is the West Pascagoula River, which flows into the Mississippi Sound at Gautier . The main channel passes Escatawpa and Moss Point and flows into the sound at Pascagoula .


VARIANT NAMES

According to the Geographic Names Information System , the river has also been known as:
  • East Pascagoula River (below the branching off of the West Pascagoula River)

  • Fiume Pescagoula

  • Pasca Oocooloo River

  • Pascoboula River

  • Paska Okla River

  • Paspagola River

  • Pasquagola River

  • Rio de Pascagula

  • Riviere des Pascagoula

  • Riviere des Pascagoulas

  • Singing River (lower 8 miles of the river)



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