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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).
Jonesville is the largest town in Catahoula Parish, Louisiana, United States, at the confluence of the Ouachita, Tensas, and Little rivers. The three rivers become the Black River at Jonesville. The Jonesville population was 2,265 at the 2010 census. [4] The four rivers which intersect near Jonesville are all subject to flooding.
Red River. Black River. Little River. Castor Creek; Dugdemona River; Tensas River. Bayou Macon; Ouachita River. Boeuf River. Bayou Bonne Idee; Bayou Lafourche (Boeuf River tributary)
The Little River is a 96-mile-long (154 km) [1] tributary of the Ouachita (Black) River in central Louisiana in the United States. [2] Via the Ouachita and Red rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River.
The Tensas River [2] / ˈ t ɛ n s ɔː / is a river in Louisiana in the United States. The river, known as Tensas Bayou in its upper reaches, [ 3 ] begins in East Carroll Parish in the northeast corner of the state and runs roughly southwest for 177 miles (285 km) [ 4 ] more or less in parallel with the Mississippi River .
Landry strongly supports Louisiana's petrochemical industry. Residents live with a long legacy of pollution. Like many other communities in the region of the proposed plant, Elkinsville was established by and for free Black people on the periphery of a former Mississippi River plantation.
There has been controversy over the classification of Catahoula Lake. The area is considered a "salt lake" that was created when seismic activity caused the land to sink. The area has dry and wet periodic cycles, flooding annually from the Little, Red, Ouachita (Black) River, and Mississippi River. To advance the wildlife ecosystem, including ...
A massive fire at a south Louisiana oil refinery sent a tower of black smoke billowing into the air above the Mississippi River on Friday, forcing nearby residents to evacuate for several hours as ...