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Old River (Louisiana), in Pointe Coupee and West Feliciana parishes; Old River (Sabine River tributary) ... USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Louisiana (1974)
The Louisiana Natural and Scenic Rivers System was established in 1970, administered by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, and includes approximately 3000 miles of waterways. [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. Download coordinates as: KML; ... Pages in category "Rivers of Louisiana" The following 59 pages are in this category, out of ...
The Vermilion River (or the Bayou Vermilion, French: Rivière Vermilion) is a 70.0-mile-long (112.7 km) [2] bayou in southern Louisiana in the United States.It is formed on the common boundary of Lafayette and St. Martin parishes by a confluence of small bayous flowing from St. Landry Parish, and flows generally southward through Lafayette and Vermilion parishes, past the cities of Lafayette ...
The Calcasieu River (/ ˈ k æ l k ə ˌ ʃ uː / KAL-kə-shoo; French: Rivière Calcasieu) is a river on the Gulf Coast in southwestern Louisiana. [1] Approximately 200 miles (320 km) long, [2] it drains a largely rural area of forests and bayou country, meandering southward to the Gulf of Mexico.
The Atchafalaya River is navigable and provides a significant industrial shipping channel for the state of Louisiana. It is the cultural heart of the Cajun Country.. The maintenance of the river as a navigable channel of the Mississippi River has been a significant project of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for more than a century.
(The Red River actively meanders, as shown by comparing current maps of the political boundaries with those defined by the river's course decades ago.) The Red River Campaign (March–May 1864) was fought along the Red River Valley in Louisiana during the American Civil War. It was part of a failed attempt by the Union to occupy eastern Texas.
The Tangipahoa River (/ t æ n dʒ ɪ p ə ˈ h oʊ. ə / tan-ji-pə-HOH-ə) originates northwest of McComb in southwest Mississippi, and runs south 122 miles (196 km) [1] through Lake Tangipahoa in Percy Quin State Park before passing into southeast Louisiana.