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The Red River National Wildlife Refuge (established 2001) is a preservation project which will ultimately consist of approximately 50,000 acres (200 km 2) of United States federal lands and water along that section of the Red River between Colfax in Grant Parish, Louisiana, and the Arkansas state line, a distance of approximately 120 miles (190 km).
Red River of the South (3 C, 28 P) Pages in category "Rivers of Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.
Category: Bodies of water of Natchitoches Parish, ... Cane River Lake; S. Sibley Lake Dam This page was last edited on 8 July 2017, at 02:54 (UTC). ...
The Red River, or sometimes the Red River of the South to differentiate it from the Red River in the north of the continent, is a major river in the Southern United States. [3] It was named for its reddish water color from passing through red-bed country in its watershed . [ 4 ]
Wright Patman Lake provides flood protection for areas downstream along the Sulphur River and Red River. In the 38.9 feet (11.9 m) between its conservation pool and spillway levels, the lake can hold 2,406,000 acre-feet (2.968 × 10 9 m 3) of flood water. The spillway at Lake Wright Patman during the flood of 2015-2016.
The water level was at 29.5 ft (9.0 m), just below the threshold for a major flood. Floods happen in the Red River when the water level increases over the tops of riverbanks due to significant precipitation over the same area for long periods, in the forms of persistent thunderstorms, rain, or snow combined with spring snow melt and ice jam. [10]
Natchitoches City Hall A store with live fish for sale near Natchitoches, 1940. Photo by Marion Post Wolcott.. Natchitoches (/ ˈ n æ k ə t ə ʃ / NAK-ə-təsh; [2] [3] French: Les Natchitoches, [le nakitɔʃ]), officially the City of Natchitoches, is a small city and the parish seat of Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, United States. [4]
Cane River Lake (French: Lac de la rivière aux Cannes) is a 35 mi (56 km) oxbow lake formed from a portion of the Red River in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, United States. It runs throughout the Natchitoches ' historic district to the south and is famous for the numerous plantations, particularly Melrose being located on or near its banks.