Pearl River (Mississippi-Louisiana)

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The Pearl River is a river in the U.S. states of Mississippi and Louisiana. It forms in Winston County, Mississippi from the confluence of Nanawaya and Tallahaga Creeks.<ref name="prbdd-topog">{{cite web

 | title=Topography & History
 | work=Pearl River Basin Development District
 | url=http://www.pearlriverbasin.com/topography_and_history.php
 | accessdate=2006-04-21}}</ref>  It is 790 kilometers (490 mi) long.<ref name="usgs">{{cite web
 | title=The Pearl River Basin
 | work=USGS – The Rivers of Mississippi
 | url=http://ms.water.usgs.gov/ms_proj/eric/pearl.html
 | accessdate=2006-04-21}}</ref>  The Yockanookany and Strong Rivers are tributaries. Northeast of Jackson, the Ross Barnett Reservoir is formed by a dam. 

The Pearl passes near or through the following towns (in order):

• Philadelphia, Mississippi
• Pearl River, Mississippi
• Carthage, Mississippi
• Jackson, Mississippi
• Monticello, Mississippi
• Columbia, Mississippi
• Bogalusa, Louisiana
• Picayune, Pearl River County, Mississippi
• Pearl River, Louisiana

West of Picayune, about 80 kilometers (50 mi) above the mouth, the river forks.<ref name="usgs" /> The East Pearl River empties into Lake Borgne where the dredged Pearl River Channel meets the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway. The discharge flows eastward past Grand Island through St. Joe Pass and into the Mississippi Sound.<ref>{{cite web

 | title=Conservation Habitats and Species Assessments
 | work=Louisiana Dept. of Wildlife & Fisheries
 | format=PDF
 | url=http://www.wlf.state.la.us/pdfs/experience/Pearl.pdf
 | accessdate=2006-04-21}}</ref>  The West Pearl River, on the other hand, flows into The Rigolets, thence into Lake Borgne.  Both discharges eventually reach the Gulf of Mexico.

The Pearl River serves as the 187-kilometer (116 mi) boundary between Mississippi and Louisiana in its lower reach near the Gulf of Mexico.

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