Yazoo River

32°20′8″N 90°53′50″W / 32.33556°N 90.89722°W / 32.33556; -90.89722

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Yazoo River
A control structure on the Yazoo River
Yazoo River
Location
Country	United States
States	Mississippi Louisiana
Counties	Leflore Holmes Humphreys Yazoo Sharkey Issaquena Warren
Parish	Madison
Physical characteristics
Source	Confluence of Tallahatchie and Yalobusha rivers
• location	Greenwood, Mississippi
• coordinates	33°33′23″N 90°11′01″W / 33.5564°N 90.1835°W / 33.5564; -90.1835
Mouth	Mississippi River
• location	Vicksburg, Mississippi
• coordinates	32°20′02″N 90°54′10″W / 32.3339°N 90.9029°W / 32.3339; -90.9029
Length	188 miles (303 km)
Basin features
River system	Mississippi River
Cities	Greenwood Belzoni Yazoo City Vicksburg

The Yazoo River is a river in the U.S. states of Louisiana and Mississippi. It is considered by some to mark the southern boundary of what is called the Mississippi Delta, a broad floodplain that was cultivated for cotton plantations before the American Civil War. It has continued to be devoted to large-scale agriculture.