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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.
Little River - tributary of the Black (Ouachita) River; Loggy Bayou; Mermentau River; Mississippi River; Natalbany River; New River; Old River (Natchitoches Parish) Old River (Louisiana), in Pointe Coupee and West Feliciana parishes; Old River (Sabine River tributary) Ouachita River; Ouiski Chitto Creek; Pass Manchac; Pearl River; Ponchatoula ...
Bayou Teche (Louisiana French: Bayou Têche) is a 125-mile-long (201 km) [1] waterway in south central Louisiana in the United States.Bayou Teche was the Mississippi River's main course when it developed a delta about 2,800 to 4,500 years ago.
The Ouachita River (/ ˈ w ɑː ʃ ɪ t ɑː / WAH-shi-taw) 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 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 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 .
Louisiana has the second largest commercial fishery in the United States by weight, second only to Alaska. [33] The Mississippi River Delta contains seven of the top 50 seafood landing ports in the United States, three of which (Empire-Venice, Intracoastal City and Cameron) are in the top six for seafood landing ports nationwide. [34]