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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 ...
Lafayette, Louisiana is part of the Gulf Coastal Plain region of the United States and is located at coordinates 30°12′50″N 92°01′46″W. [1] It has an elevation of 36 feet (11.0 m). [2] One of the physical characteristics of the geography include many streams that drain the parish.
The Ouachita River (/ ˈ w ɑː ʃ ɪ t ɑː / WAH-shi-tah) is a 605-mile-long (974 km) [2] river that runs south and east through the U.S. states of Arkansas and Louisiana, joining the Tensas River to form the Black River near Jonesville, Louisiana. It is the 25th-longest river in the United States (by main stem).
The bayou is flanked by Louisiana Highway 1 on the west and Louisiana Highway 308 on the east, and is known as "the longest Main Street in the world." [5] It flows through parts of Ascension, Assumption, and Lafourche parishes. Today, approximately 300,000 Louisiana residents drink water drawn from the bayou. [6]
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 ]
The Amite River / ˈ eɪ. m i t / (French: Rivière Amite) is a tributary of Lake Maurepas in Mississippi and Louisiana in the United States. It is about 117 miles (188 km) long. [ 2 ] It starts as two forks in southwestern Mississippi and flows south through Louisiana, passing Greater Baton Rouge , to Lake Maurepas.
Shreveport (/ ˈ ʃ r iː v p ɔːr t / SHREEV-port) is a city in the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is the third-most populous city in Louisiana after New Orleans and Baton Rouge. The bulk of Shreveport is in Caddo Parish, of which it is the parish seat. [4] It extends along the west bank of the Red River into neighboring Bossier Parish.