Bouie River

Bouie River
Basin
Main source	Simpson County, Mississippi 539 ft (164 m) 31°49′56″N 89°50′56″W / 31.8322222°N 89.8488889°W
River mouth	Confluence with the Leaf River at Hattiesburg, Mississippi 121 ft (37 m) 31°20′37″N 89°16′49″W / 31.3436111°N 89.2802778°WCoordinates: 31°20′37″N 89°16′49″W / 31.3436111°N 89.2802778°W
Progression	Bouie River → Leaf → Pascagoula → Gulf of Mexico
Physical characteristics
Length	60 mi (97 km)
Features
GNIS ID	690980

The Bouie River, also 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.^[1] 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

1. "Bouie River". Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2015-09-11.

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