33°46′5.12″N 87°51′37.95″W / 33.7680889°N 87.8605417°W / 33.7680889; -87.8605417

Aerial view of the Luxapalila Creek running through the center of Columbus, Mississippi, U.S.

Luxapalila Creek (also spelled Luxapallila Creek) is a 73.6-mile-long (118.4 km)[1] stream in Mississippi and Alabama in the United States. Luxapalila means "flying turtle" in the Choctaw language.[2]

The creek drains a watershed of 803 square miles (2,080 km2) and flows through Lamar County, Marion County, Fayette County and Pickens County in Alabama and Monroe County and Lowndes County in Mississippi.[3][4] It runs through the Alabama cities of Winfield, Millport, Kennedy, Fayette,[4] and Columbus, Mississippi.

Its tributaries are Cut Bank Creek, Hell's Creek, Magby Creek, Mud Creek, Wilson Creek, and Yellow Creek.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "The National Map". U.S. Geological Survey. Archived from the original on 2012-03-29. Retrieved Feb 25, 2011.
  2. ↑ William Bright, Native American Placenames of the United States, University of Oklahoma Press, 2007, p. 256
  3. ↑ Mississippi State University Archived 2011-07-20 at the Wayback Machine
  4. 1 2 3 Rivers of Alabama Archived 2012-07-12 at the Wayback Machine



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