Pearl River

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The Pearl River is a major waterway in the southern United States that flows through central Mississippi and forms part of the Mississippi–Louisiana border before emptying into the Gulf of Mexico.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Pearl River canonical 46
Pearl River basin 5
Pearl River watershed 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river
basinCountry United States
borderRegion Mississippi–Louisiana border
country United States
createsReservoir Ross Barnett Reservoir
drainageBasinArea approximately 22,000 square kilometers
emptiesInto Gulf of Mexico
flowsInto Lake Borgne
Mississippi Sound
flowsThrough Louisiana
Mississippi
formsBorderBetween Louisiana
Mississippi
linked to: Mississippi River
formsEstuary Pearl River estuary (U.S. Gulf Coast)
hasAverageDischarge varies seasonally, generally hundreds of cubic meters per second
hasBridge Interstate 10 bridge over Pearl River
Interstate 59 bridge over Pearl River
U.S. Route 90 bridge over Pearl River
hasDam Ross Barnett Reservoir dam
hasDistributary West Pearl River
hasEcosystemType bottomland hardwood forest
coastal marsh
hasHistoricalEvent site of Civil War skirmishes
subject of 20th-century flood control projects
hasMajorCityOnRiver Columbia, Mississippi
Jackson, Mississippi
Pearl, Mississippi
Picayune, Mississippi
Slidell, Louisiana
hasMouthElevation 0 meters
hasProtectedArea Bogue Chitto National Wildlife Refuge
Pearl River Wildlife Management Area (Louisiana)
Pearl River Wildlife Management Area (Mississippi)
hasTributary Bogue Chitto River
Leaf River
Strong River
Tuscolameta Creek NERFINISHED
West Pearl River
Yockanookany River NERFINISHED
hasWetlandArea Honey Island Swamp
locatedIn Southern United States
mouthLocation Gulf of Mexico
namedAfter pearl-like shells and pearls once found in the river
partOf Mississippi River watershed
sourceLocation Central Mississippi
usedFor municipal water supply for Jackson, Mississippi
navigation (limited)
recreation
wildlife habitat

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (55)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jackson, Mississippi river Pearl River
Slidell, Louisiana locatedNear Pearl River
Central Mississippi hasMajorRiver Pearl River
Pearl River drainageBasin Pearl River Basin
linked to: Pearl River
Pearlington, Mississippi locatedIn Pearl River basin
linked to: Pearl River
Pearl River (Louisiana–Mississippi) partOf Pearl River watershed
linked to: Pearl River
State of Mississippi majorRiver Pearl River
Picayune locatedNear Pearl River
St. Tammany Parish borderedBy Pearl River
St. Tammany Parish hasRiver Pearl River
Ross Barnett Reservoir partOf Pearl River watershed
linked to: Pearl River
Pearl River County namedAfter Pearl River
Pearl River County hasFeature Pearl River
Mississippi Sound receivesRiver Pearl River
Jackson, Mississippi river Pearl River
subject linked to: Jackson
Pearl, Mississippi locatedOn Pearl River
Lawrence County, Mississippi locatedOn Pearl River
subject linked to: Lawrence County
Orangetown contains Pearl River
Bogue locatedNear Pearl River
Strong River mouthOfWaterBody Pearl River
Strong River tributaryOf Pearl River
Strong River partOf Pearl River watershed
linked to: Pearl River
Pearl River, Louisiana locatedNear Pearl River
Pearl River, Louisiana locatedInHydrologicalBasin Pearl River basin
linked to: Pearl River
Bogue Chitto River tributaryOf Pearl River
Bogue Chitto River mouthLocation Pearl River
Bogue Chitto River partOf Pearl River basin
linked to: Pearl River
Pontchartrain Basin contains Pearl River
West Pearl River watercourse Pearl River basin
linked to: Pearl River
Honey Island Swamp locatedInOrNextToBodyOfWater Pearl River basin
linked to: Pearl River
Columbia, Mississippi hasRiver Pearl River
Yockanookany River tributaryOf Pearl River