Mississippi Delta is an appellation in the United States, covering 1,665,875 ha.
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Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.
Measured over the whole outline on 64,976 elevation cells of about 509 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).
General. The Mississippi Delta viticultural area is located in Mississippi, Louisiana, and Tennessee. The starting point of the following boundary description is the intersection of the Illinois Central Gulf (I.C.G.) Railroad and the Mississippi River levee system, on the southeast side of Lake Horne, between Lake View, Mississippi, and Walls, Mississippi, on the Helena map. Boundary Description. (i) From the starting point generally southward along the Mississippi River levee system until it again intersects the I.C.G. Railroad, near Twin Lake, Mississippi (about 10 miles north of Vicksburg, on the Jackson map). In any place where there is more than one continuous levee, the one closest to the Mississippi River is the boundary. (ii) From the intersection described in paragraph (c)(2)(i), the boundary continues southward along the I.C.G. tracks, until they merge with another branch of the I.C.G. Railroad, near Redwood, Mississippi. (iii) Then generally northeastward along that other branch of the I.C.G. Railroad, to the Leflore County-Holmes County line (on the Greenwood map). (iv) Then southeastward along that county line to the Leflore County-Carroll County line. (v) Then generally northward along that county line to Mississippi Route 7. (vi) Then generally northeastward along Route 7 to the 90°00 longitude line. (vii) Then northward along that longitude line to Mississipp…
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