See Also: Yazoo River(encyclopedia)
Yazoo land fraud(encyclopedia)
Nen River(encyclopedia)
Forth, River(encyclopedia)
Fly River(encyclopedia)
Bow River(encyclopedia)
Wei River(encyclopedia)
Bug River(encyclopedia)
Fen River(encyclopedia)
Bio-Bio River(encyclopedia)

Yazoo River (sh)




River, west-central Mississippi, U.S. Formed by the confluence of the Tallahatchie and Yalobusha rivers north of Greenwood, Miss.

, it meanders 189 mi (304 km) south and southwest to join the Mississippi River above Vicksburg. Its basin is protected from flooding by an extensive system of levees.