Nanabe Creek is a

stream A stream is a continuous body of water, body of surface water Current (stream), flowing within the stream bed, bed and bank (geography), banks of a channel (geography), channel. Depending on its location or certain characteristics, a stream ...

in the U.S. state of

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 ...

. It is a tributary to

Sowashee Creek Sowashee Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Mississippi. Tributaries include Nanabe Creek. Sowashee Creek is a tributary of Okatibbee Creek. ''Sowashee'' is a name derived from the Choctaw language meaning "raccoons are there". Variant names ...

. ''Nanabe'' is a name derived from the Choctaw language purported to mean "fish trap".

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Rivers of Mississippi Rivers of Lauderdale County, Mississippi Mississippi placenames of Native American origin {{Mississippi-river-stub