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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).
One of the physical characteristics of the geography include many streams that drain the parish. The primary river that runs through the city is the Vermilion River. This river was formed by the confluence of a few small bayous, stretches about 70 miles long, [3] and drains into the Gulf of Mexico. Most of Lafayette's landscape is urban ...
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 ]
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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 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 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.