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Luxapalila Creek (also spelled Luxapallila Creek) is a stream in
Mississippi Mississippi () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee; to the east by Alabama; to the south by the Gulf of Mexico; to the southwest by Louisiana; and to the northwest by Arkansas. Miss ...
and
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in the
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. ''Luxapalila'' means "flying turtle" in the
Choctaw language The Choctaw language (Choctaw: ), spoken by the Choctaw, an Indigenous people of the Southeastern Woodlands, is part of the Muskogean language family. Chickasaw is separate but closely related language to Choctaw. The Choctaw Nation of Oklahom ...
. The creek drains a watershed of and flows through Lamar County, Marion County, Fayette County and Pickens County in Alabama and
Monroe County Monroe County may refer to seventeen counties in the United States, all named for James Monroe: * Monroe County, Alabama *Monroe County, Arkansas * Monroe County, Florida * Monroe County, Georgia *Monroe County, Illinois *Monroe County, Indian ...
and Lowndes County in Mississippi.Mississippi State University

It runs through the Alabama cities of Winfield, Millport, Kennedy, Fayette, and
Columbus, Mississippi Columbus is a city in and the county seat of Lowndes County, on the eastern border of Mississippi, United States, located primarily east, but also north and northeast of the Tombigbee River, which is also part of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterwa ...
. Its tributaries are
Cut Bank Creek The Cut Bank Creek is a tributary of the Marias River in the Missouri river basin watershed, approximately 75 mi (123 km) long, in northwestern Montana in the United States, which having deeply eroded steep cliff banks eponymously gives ...
, Hell's Creek, Magby Creek, Mud Creek, Wilson Creek, and Yellow Creek.


See also

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List of rivers of Alabama This is a list of rivers of the US state of Alabama. Alabama has over 77,000 miles of rivers and streams with more freshwater biodiversity than any other US state. Alabama's rivers are among the most biologically diverse waterways in the world. 38 ...
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List of rivers of Mississippi The list of rivers in Mississippi includes any rivers that flow through part of the State of Mississippi. The major rivers in Mississippi are the Mississippi River, Pearl River, Pascagoula River and the Tombigbee River, along with their main tribu ...


References

Rivers of Mississippi Rivers of Alabama Tributaries of the Tombigbee River Rivers of Lamar County, Alabama Rivers of Marion County, Alabama Rivers of Fayette County, Alabama Rivers of Pickens County, Alabama Rivers of Monroe County, Mississippi Rivers of Lowndes County, Mississippi Mississippi placenames of Native American origin Alabama placenames of Native American origin {{Alabama-river-stub