Escatawpa River

{{Infobox river

| name = Escatawpa River

| image = File:Escatawpa River.jpg

| image_caption = 1909 postcard of Escatawpa River (labeled as Dog River)

| image_size =

| map =

| map_caption =

| source1_location = Washington County southwest of Millry, Alabama

| source1_coordinates= {{coord|31.5669444|-88.4280556|region:US-MS|format=dms|name=Escatawpa River origin}}

| mouth_location = Confluence with the Pascagoula River northwest of Pascagoula, Mississippi

| mouth_coordinates = {{coord|30.4219444|-88.5597222|region:US-MS|format=dms|name=Escatawpa River mouth|display=inline,title}}

| progression = Escatawpa River → Pascagoula River → Gulf of Mexico

| source1_elevation = {{convert|290|ft|m|abbr=on}}

| mouth_elevation = {{convert|3|ft|m|abbr=on}}

| length =

| custom_label = GNIS ID

| custom_data = {{GNIS 4|669807}}

}}

{{GeoGroup}}

Escatawpa River is a {{convert|129|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}}{{cite web|url=http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ |title=The National Map |publisher=U.S. Geological Survey |accessdate=Feb 23, 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329155652/http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ |archivedate=2012-03-29 }} river in the states of Alabama and Mississippi. It is a tributary of the Pascagoula River.{{cite web

|url = {{GNIS 3|669807}}

|title = Escatawpa River

|work = Geographic Names Information System

|publisher = United States Geological Survey

|accessdate = 2015-09-20}}

Escatawpa is a name derived from the Choctaw language meaning "where cane is cut".{{cite book|last=Baca|first=Keith A.|title=Native American Place Names in Mississippi|url=https://epdf.pub/native-american-place-names-in-mississippi.html|year=2007|publisher=University Press of Mississippi|isbn=978-1-60473-483-6|page=34}}