Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A river formed in northwest Mississippi and flowing 305 km (190 mi) south to join the Mississippi River at Vicksburg. The Yazoo River basin is separated from the Mississippi by natural levees.
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- noun a river that rises in west central Mississippi and flows southwest to empty into the Mississippi River above Vicksburg
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Examples
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Even though the Mississippi River is slowly falling, it is still so high that water is backing up into its tributaries, especially the Yazoo River.
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Marty Pope, a senior service hydrologist with the National Weather Service in Jackson, said Saturday that the Yazoo River is not expected to crest until Monday at Yazoo City and two days later at Belzoni.
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The Yazoo River in Mississippi and the Atchafalaya River in Louisiana could be especially susceptible.
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Marty Pope, a senior service hydrologist with the National Weather Service in Jackson, said Saturday that the Yazoo River is not expected to crest until Monday at Yazoo City and two days later at Belzoni.
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The Yazoo River in Mississippi and the Atchafalaya River in Louisiana could be especially susceptible.
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What concerns him is the expected flooding of the Yazoo River basin as the tributary gets backed up from where it meets the Mississippi at Vicksburg.
Flood Soaks Mississippi Casinos, Farmlands Cameron McWhirter 2011
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Wanda Woods, 75, left her flooded home near a Yazoo River levee outside Satartia on Tuesday and is staying at the First Baptist Church parsonage.
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Larger towns in the lower Yazoo River basin, including Yazoo City, should be spared flooding, Womack said.
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Near the site where the Yazoo River empties into the Mississippi, forming a wishbone-like shape, predictions are the water will overtop the tributary levees by more than a foot.
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Even though the Mississippi River is slowly falling, it is still so high that water is backing up into its tributaries, especially the Yazoo River.
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