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.

All labels observed (4)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

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