Amite River

Amite River
An excursion steamer on the Amite River, ca. 1895
Amite River
Etymology	French amitié ("friendship"), or Choctaw himmita ("young")[1]
Location
Country	United States
States	Mississippi Louisiana
Counties	Lincoln Amite
Parishes	East Feliciana St. Helena East Baton Rouge Ascension Livingston
Physical characteristics
Source	West Fork Amite River
• location	Amite County, Mississippi
• coordinates	31°19′19″N 90°43′40″W / 31.32194°N 90.72778°W / 31.32194; -90.72778
2nd source	East Fork Amite River
• location	Lincoln County, Mississippi
• coordinates	31°26′05″N 90°37′12″W / 31.43472°N 90.62000°W / 31.43472; -90.62000
Source confluence
• location	St. Helena Parish and East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana
• coordinates	30°59′38″N 90°50′06″W / 30.99389°N 90.83500°W / 30.99389; -90.83500
Mouth	Lake Maurepas
• location	Livingston Parish, Louisiana
• coordinates	30°17′53″N 90°33′37″W / 30.29806°N 90.56028°W / 30.29806; -90.56028
Length	117 mi (188 km)
Basin features
Cities	Denham Springs, Louisiana Whitehall, Livingston Parish, Louisiana
Tributaries
• right	Comite River, Bayou Manchac

The Amite River /ˈeɪ.mit/ (French: Rivière Amite) is a tributary of Lake Maurepas in Mississippi and Louisiana in the United States. It is about 117 miles (188 km) long.^[2] It starts as two forks in southwestern Mississippi and flows south through Louisiana, passing Greater Baton Rouge, to Lake Maurepas. The lower 37 miles (59.5 km) of the river is navigable. A portion of the river is diverted via the Petite Amite River and Amite Diversion Canal to the Blind River, which also flows to Lake Maurepas.