Luxapallila Creek

Coordinates: 33°46′5.12″N 87°51′37.95″W / 33.7680889°N 87.8605417°W / 33.7680889; -87.8605417 Luxapalila Creek is a 73.6-mile-long (118.4 km)[1] stream in Mississippi and Alabama in the United States. Luxapalila means "flying turtle" in the Choctaw language.[2]

The creek drains a watershed of 803 square miles (2,080 km2) and flows through Lamar County, Marion County, Fayette County and Pickens County in Alabama and Monroe County and Lowndes County in Mississippi.[3][4] It runs through the cities of Winfield, Millport, Kennedy, Vernon, and Fayette.[4]

Its tributaries are Cut Bank Creek, Hell's Creek, Magby Creek, Mud Creek, Wilson Creek, and Yellow Creek.[4]

See also

References

  1. "The National Map". U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved Feb 25, 2011.
  2. William Bright, Native American Placenames of the United States, University of Oklahoma Press, 2007, p. 256
  3. Mississippi State University
  4. 1 2 3 Rivers of Alabama


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