Bouie River

Bouie River
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Simpson County, Mississippi
• coordinates	31°49′56″N 89°50′56″W / 31.8322222°N 89.8488889°W / 31.8322222; -89.8488889 (Bouie River origin)
• elevation	539 ft (164 m)
Mouth
• location	Confluence with the Leaf River at Hattiesburg, Mississippi
• coordinates	31°20′37″N 89°16′49″W / 31.3436111°N 89.2802778°W / 31.3436111; -89.2802778 (Bouie River mouth)
• elevation	121 ft (37 m)
Length	60 mi (97 km)
Basin features
Progression	Bouie River → Leaf → Pascagoula → Gulf of Mexico
GNIS ID	690980

The Bouie River, sometimes known as the Bowie River, is a tributary of the Leaf River, 60 miles (97 km) long, in southern Mississippi in the United States. Via the Leaf River, it is part of the watershed of the Pascagoula River, which flows to the Gulf of Mexico.

Course

The Bouie rises in southern Simpson County and flows generally southeastwardly through Jefferson Davis and Covington Counties, forming part of the boundary between the two, and into northwestern Forrest County, where it flows into the Leaf River at Hattiesburg.

Variant names

The United States Board on Geographic Names settled on "Bouie River" as the stream's official name in 1990. According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known as:

• Bone Creek
• Boue Creek
• Bouie Creek
• Bouyer Creek
• Bovie River
• Bowie Creek (in part, above the mouth of Okatoma Creek)
• Bowie River (in part, below the mouth of Okatoma Creek)
• Boyer Creek
• Buoy Creek

See also

• List of Mississippi rivers

References

• DeLorme (1998). Mississippi Atlas & Gazetteer. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. ISBN 0-89933-346-X.