Tchoutacabouffa River
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The Tchoutacabouffa River is a stream located in Harrison County, Mississippi
, at a Latitude of 30.435 and Longitude of -88.99222. The river's mouth is located just north of the city of Biloxi at Biloxi Bay and south of Interstate 10
, and it flows approximately 31 miles to the north.
Southern Mississippi art potter George E. Ohr
, who worked in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, dug much of the clay he used for his works locally from the Tchoutacabouffa River. Tchoutacabouffa is the Biloxi tribe's
word for "broken pot."
In 2000, the U.S. Geological Survey published the results of a two-dimensional analysis of flood flows at the State Highway 15/67 crossing of the Tchoutacabouffa River.
Harrison County, Mississippi
-National protected areas:* De Soto National Forest * Gulf Islands National Seashore - Demographics :As of the census of 2000, there were 189,601 people, 71,538 households, and 48,574 families residing in the county. The population density was 326 people per square mile . There were 79,636 housing...
, at a Latitude of 30.435 and Longitude of -88.99222. The river's mouth is located just north of the city of Biloxi at Biloxi Bay and south of Interstate 10
Interstate 10 in Mississippi
Interstate 10 is a major east–west Interstate Highway in the southern areas of the United States. It runs nearly coast to coast from Santa Monica, California to Jacksonville, Florida.-Route description:...
, and it flows approximately 31 miles to the north.
Southern Mississippi art potter George E. Ohr
George E. Ohr
George Edgar Ohr was an American ceramic artist and the self-proclaimed "Mad Potter of Biloxi." In recognition of his innovative experimentation with modern clay forms from 1880–1910, some...
, who worked in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, dug much of the clay he used for his works locally from the Tchoutacabouffa River. Tchoutacabouffa is the Biloxi tribe's
Biloxi tribe
The Biloxi tribe are Native Americans of the Siouan language family. They call themselves by the autonym Tanêks in Siouan Biloxi language. When first encountered by Europeans in 1699, the Biloxi inhabited an area near the coast of the Gulf of Mexico near what is now the city of Biloxi, Mississippi....
word for "broken pot."
In 2000, the U.S. Geological Survey published the results of a two-dimensional analysis of flood flows at the State Highway 15/67 crossing of the Tchoutacabouffa River.