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of the Tombigbee River, about long, in east-central

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and west-central

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in the

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. Via the Tombigbee, it is part of the

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of the

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, which flows to the

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Course

The Noxubee rises in Choctaw Lake in the

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in Choctaw County, Mississippi, and flows generally southeastwardly through Winston, Oktibbeha and Noxubee Counties in Mississippi, and Sumter County in Alabama, through the

Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge Sam D. Hamilton Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge located in the U.S. state of Mississippi, in Noxubee, Oktibbeha, and Winston Counties. The refuge serves as a resting and feeding area for migratory birds and as e ...

and past the town of Macon, Mississippi. It joins the Tombigbee River from the west, about 2 mi (3 km) west of Gainesville, Alabama.

Name

''Noxubee'' is a name derived from the Choctaw language meaning "to stink". According to the

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, the Noxubee River has also been known as: *Hachcha Osi River *Hatch Oose River *Hatcha River *Hatchaoose River *Hatche Oose River *Hatchoose River *Nooksabba River *Noxaby Creek *Noxiby River *Noxshubby River *Noxube River *Noxuby Creek *Oaknoxaby River *Oaknoxubee River *Ohanexubee River *Oka Noxubee *Oka Onoxubba River *Okanoxubee River *Okenoxubbee River *Okenoxubee River *Olamoyubee River *Ruisseau Nachebe Tchitou River

References

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(1998). ''Alabama Atlas & Gazetteer''. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. . *

(1998). ''Mississippi Atlas & Gazetteer''. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. .

External links

Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge website
{{authority control Rivers of Alabama Rivers of Mississippi Bodies of water of Choctaw County, Mississippi Bodies of water of Sumter County, Alabama Bodies of water of Noxubee County, Mississippi Bodies of water of Oktibbeha County, Mississippi Bodies of water of Winston County, Mississippi Tributaries of the Tombigbee River Mississippi placenames of Native American origin Alabama placenames of Native American origin

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