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East Pearl River

river, United States

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The East Pearl River is a river in the southern United States, primarily flowing through Mississippi and Louisiana. It is one of two streams that the Pearl River divides into west of Picayune, Mississippi, with the West Pearl being the other. The East Pearl River empties into Mississippi Sound on the Gulf of Mexico, near Grand Island. The Pearl River system, including its tributaries, drains approximately 7,600 square miles. The lower course of the Pearl River and the East Pearl River together form the boundary between Mississippi and Louisiana.1

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