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The Skuna River is a tributary of the Yalobusha River, about 75 mi (120 km) long, in north-central Mississippi in the United States. Via the Yalobusha and Yazoo Rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River.

The Skuna River at Bruce
The Skuna River at Bruce

Course


The Skuna River rises about 4 mi (6 km) west of Pontotoc in Pontotoc County and flows generally southwestwardly through Chickasaw and Calhoun Counties, past the town of Bruce. Most of the river's course has been channelized, and it is also known as the "Skuna River Canal." It joins the Yalobusha River 6 mi (9.7 km) east of Grenada, as the north arm of Grenada Lake, which is formed by a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dam on the Yalobusha. The Skuna has an average annual discharge of 620 cubic feet per second at Coffeeville, MS.[1]


Name


Skuna is a name derived from the Choctaw language purported to mean "entrails, guts".[2]

The United States Board on Geographic Names settled on "Skuna River" as the stream's name on February 3, 1926.[3] According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known as:


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[de] Skuna River

Der Skuna River ist ein Nebenfluss des Yalobusha River im Norden und im Zentrum des US-Bundesstaates Mississippi. Der Fluss ist etwa 120 km lang und gehört zum Einzugsgebiet des Mississippi.
- [en] Skuna River



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