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The Vermilion River (or the Bayou Vermilion, French: Rivière Vermillon) 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 river is named for the Native American Ouachita tribe, one of several historic tribes who lived along it. Others included the Caddo, Osage Nation, Tensa, Chickasaw, and Choctaw. The historian Muriel Hazel Wright suggested that word Ouachita owa chito is a Choctaw phrase meaning "hunt big" or "good hunting grounds". [4] [5]
Bayou Lafourche (/ l ə ˈ f uː ʃ / lə-FOOSH [1]), originally called Chetimachas River [2] or La Fourche des Chetimaches [3] (the fork of the Chitimacha), is a 106-mile-long (171 km) [4] bayou in southeastern Louisiana, United States, that flows into the Gulf of Mexico.
The Louisiana Natural and Scenic Rivers System was established in 1970, ... Little River - 081601 and 081602; Pearl Creek - 110202; Saline Bayou ...
The Bogue Falaya, also known as the Bogue Falaya River, is a 28-mile-long (45 km) [1] river in southeastern Louisiana in the United States. [2] It is a tributary of the Tchefuncte River, which flows to Lake Pontchartrain. The river flows through an area of mixed pine-hardwood and bottomland hardwood forests on the Gulf Coastal Plain. [3]
Louisiana could petition the EPA to declare sections of the Mississippi River or the Gulf of Mexico as impaired, which would allow for the creation of an enforceable limit on nutrients entering ...
Today, The Tchefuncte River, located in southeastern Louisiana, is known for its scenic beauty and serves as a popular spot for boating and recreational activities. The river's banks are home to several marinas, the largest in the area being Marina del Ray , a riverside park, yacht marinas, restaurants, coffee shops, and bars, and the Lake ...