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The following is a list of state symbols of the U.S. state of Mississippi, as defined by state statutes in Title 1, Section 3 of the Mississippi Code of 1972 and listed in the Mississippi Official & Statistical Register. [1][2]
Retrieved 2019-12-30. ^ Killingsworth, Ron (2012-05-23). "LA Irises, The Wildflower of the State of Louisiana". World of Irises. American Iris Society. Retrieved 2019-12-30. ^ "State Flower - White Pine and White Pine Cone & Tassel". Maine Secretary of State. Retrieved 2019-12-30.
State Common name Scientific name Image Year Alabama: Largemouth bass (fresh water) Micropterus salmoides: 1975 [1] Fighting tarpon (salt water) Megalops atlanticus: 1955 [2] Alaska: King salmon: Oncorhynchus tshawytscha: 1962 [3] Arizona: Apache trout: Oncorhynchus gilae (subspecies apache) 1986 [4] Arkansas: Alligator gar (primitive ...
The Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta is a river delta located where the Yukon and Kuskokwim rivers empty into the Bering Sea on the west coast of the U.S. state of Alaska. At approximately 129,500 square kilometers (50,000 sq mi) in size, [1] it is one of the largest deltas in the world. [2][3] It is larger than the Mississippi River Delta (which varies ...
The brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) is a species of freshwater fish in the char genus Salvelinus of the salmon family Salmonidae native to Eastern North America in the United States and Canada. [ 3 ][ 4 ] Two ecological forms of brook trout have been recognized by the US Forest Service. [ 3 ] One ecological form is short-lived potamodromous ...
47 mi (76 km) [1] The Fish River (Iġalugvik in Inupiaq) is a waterway in the U.S. state of Alaska. The 47-mile-long (76 km) river rises in the Bendeleben Mountains and flows south to Golovnin Lagoon, before emptying into Golovnin Bay, Norton Sound, and the Bering Sea. [1] The basin formed by the Fish River is known for its placer gold deposits ...
The list of rivers in Mississippi includes any rivers that flow through part of the State of Mississippi.The major rivers in Mississippi are the Mississippi River, Pearl River, Pascagoula River and the Tombigbee River, along with their main tributaries: the Tallahatchie River, Yazoo River, Big Black River, Leaf River, and the Chickasawhay River.
The Mississippi River System, also referred to as the Western Rivers, is a mostly riverine network of the United States which includes the Mississippi River and connecting waterways. The Mississippi River is the largest drainage basin in the United States. [3] In the United States, the Mississippi drains about 41% of the country's rivers.