Mississippi–Louisiana border

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The Mississippi–Louisiana border is the state boundary in the southern United States that largely follows the course of the Pearl River and separates Mississippi from Louisiana.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf interstate border
state boundary
adjacentToBodyOfWater Gulf of Mexico
borderOf Louisiana
Mississippi
country United States
crossedByHighway Interstate 10
Interstate 12
Interstate 59
U.S. Route 11
U.S. Route 90
U.S. Route 98
crossedByRailway Norfolk Southern Railway main line near Slidell
demarcatedBy river thalweg in certain sections
survey markers
establishedWithin Louisiana Purchase territory
linked to: Louisiana Territory
followsRiver Pearl River
governedBy State of Louisiana
linked to: Louisiana

State of Mississippi
hasAdjacentEcosystem bottomland hardwood forest
coastal wetlands
riverine floodplain
hasBorderType fluvial boundary
state line
hasDisputeStatus generally undisputed
hasHistoricalContext U.S. state formation in the early 19th century
hasLanguage English (administrative)
French (historical influence)
hasLegalStatus subnational boundary
hasNearbyProtectedArea Bogue Chitto National Wildlife Refuge
Honey Island Swamp
Pearl River Wildlife Management Area
locatedInRegion Southern United States
locatedInTimeZone Central Time Zone
nearCity New Orleans
Picayune, Mississippi
Slidell, Louisiana
partlyDefinedBy Pearl River
partOf Louisiana state boundaries
Mississippi state boundaries
relatedTo Louisiana–Texas border
Mississippi–Alabama border
separatesState Louisiana
Mississippi
usedFor electoral district delimitation
jurisdictional delimitation
law enforcement jurisdiction
taxation jurisdiction

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Pearl River borderRegion Mississippi–Louisiana border
Ark-La-Miss region locatedNear Louisiana–Mississippi border
linked to: Mississippi–Louisiana border
Kentwood, Louisiana locatedNear Louisiana–Mississippi border
linked to: Mississippi–Louisiana border
Mississippi's 3rd congressional district borderingState Louisiana (via Mississippi state border)
linked to: Mississippi–Louisiana border
Tangipahoa River crossesPoliticalBoundary Mississippi–Louisiana border
Lake Providence, Louisiana locatedNear Mississippi–Louisiana state line
linked to: Mississippi–Louisiana border