Comite River

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The Comite River is a right bank tributary of the Amite River, with a confluence near the City of Denham Springs, east of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The Basin comprises approximately 348 square miles and includes portions of Wilkinson and Amite Counties in Mississippi, and East Feliciana and East Baton Rouge Parishes in Louisiana.^[1] The Comite River source lies in the hills of the East and West Feliciana Parishes and empties into the Amite River just North of Hwy 190( Florida Blvd) Baton Rouge.

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When violent rains that frequent the Capitol City region strike, the water that pounds the hills and piney forest in the Felicianas drains down into this usually shallow and calm river and quickly transforms it. During such flooding, the water flows southwards sometimes flooding homes in outlying areas east of Baton Rouge. Floodwaters have been recorded to have covered Greenwell Springs Road in extreme conditions.^{[citation needed]}

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