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The '''Bogue Falaya''', also known as the '''Bogue Falaya River''', is a {{convert|28|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}}<ref name=NHD>U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. [http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ The National Map], accessed June 20, 2011</ref> [[river]] in southeastern [[Louisiana]] in the [[United States]].<ref name=Columbia>[http://www.bartleby.com/69/85/B07985.html Columbia Gazetteer of North America entry]</ref> It is a [[tributary]] of the [[Tchefuncte River]], which flows to [[Lake Pontchartrain]]. The river flows through an area of mixed [[pine]]-[[hardwood]] and [[bottomland hardwood forest]]s on the [[Gulf Coastal Plain]].<ref name=deq>Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (2002). [http://www.deq.louisiana.gov/portal/tabid/2200/Default.aspx State of Louisiana Water Quality Management Plan]: [http://www.deq.louisiana.gov/portal/Portals/0/planning/305b/2002/pdf/305b-AppenidixB.pdf Appendix B: Descriptions of Louisiana's Natural and Scenic Rivers (PDF)]</ref> |
The '''Bogue Falaya''', also known as the '''Bogue Falaya River''', is a {{convert|28|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}}<ref name=NHD>U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. [http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ The National Map] {{webcite|url=http://www.webcitation.org/66gupqQDM?url=http%3A%2F%2Fviewer.nationalmap.gov%2Fviewer%2F |date=20120405064010 |dateformat=iso }}, accessed June 20, 2011</ref> [[river]] in southeastern [[Louisiana]] in the [[United States]].<ref name=Columbia>[http://www.bartleby.com/69/85/B07985.html Columbia Gazetteer of North America entry] {{wayback|url=http://www.bartleby.com/69/85/B07985.html |date=20050825172438 }}</ref> It is a [[tributary]] of the [[Tchefuncte River]], which flows to [[Lake Pontchartrain]]. The river flows through an area of mixed [[pine]]-[[hardwood]] and [[bottomland hardwood forest]]s on the [[Gulf Coastal Plain]].<ref name=deq>Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (2002). [http://www.deq.louisiana.gov/portal/tabid/2200/Default.aspx State of Louisiana Water Quality Management Plan]: [http://www.deq.louisiana.gov/portal/Portals/0/planning/305b/2002/pdf/305b-AppenidixB.pdf Appendix B: Descriptions of Louisiana's Natural and Scenic Rivers (PDF)]</ref> |
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The Bogue Falaya rises in southwestern [[Washington Parish, Louisiana|Washington Parish]] and flows generally south-southeastwardly through western [[St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana|St. Tammany Parish]], past [[Covington, Louisiana|Covington]], where it collects the [[Abita River]].<ref name=DeLorme>[[DeLorme]] (2003). ''Louisiana Atlas & Gazetteer''. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. ISBN 0-89933-286-2</ref> It joins the Tchefuncte River about <span style="white-space:nowrap">10 miles (16 km)</span> upstream of that river's mouth at Lake Pontchartrain.<ref name=Columbia/> |
The Bogue Falaya rises in southwestern [[Washington Parish, Louisiana|Washington Parish]] and flows generally south-southeastwardly through western [[St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana|St. Tammany Parish]], past [[Covington, Louisiana|Covington]], where it collects the [[Abita River]].<ref name=DeLorme>[[DeLorme]] (2003). ''Louisiana Atlas & Gazetteer''. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. ISBN 0-89933-286-2</ref> It joins the Tchefuncte River about <span style="white-space:nowrap">10 miles (16 km)</span> upstream of that river's mouth at Lake Pontchartrain.<ref name=Columbia/> |
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The Bogue Falaya, also known as the Bogue Falaya River, is a 28-mile-long (45 km)[1] river in southeastern Louisiana in the United States.[2] It is a tributary of the Tchefuncte River, which flows to Lake Pontchartrain. The river flows through an area of mixed pine-hardwood and bottomland hardwood forests on the Gulf Coastal Plain.[3]
The Bogue Falaya rises in southwestern Washington Parish and flows generally south-southeastwardly through western St. Tammany Parish, past Covington, where it collects the Abita River.[4] It joins the Tchefuncte River about 10 miles (16 km) upstream of that river's mouth at Lake Pontchartrain.[2]
The name is derived from the Choctaw words bogu, “river,” and falaya, "long."[5][6]
A portion of the Bogue Falaya in St. Tammany Parish has been designated a "Natural and Scenic River" by the state government of Louisiana.[3]
Variant names and spellings
According to the Geographic Names Information System, the Bogue Falaya has also been known historically as:[7]
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See also
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Template:Webcite, accessed June 20, 2011
- ^ a b Columbia Gazetteer of North America entry Archived 2005-08-25 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (2002). State of Louisiana Water Quality Management Plan: Appendix B: Descriptions of Louisiana's Natural and Scenic Rivers (PDF)
- ^ DeLorme (2003). Louisiana Atlas & Gazetteer. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. ISBN 0-89933-286-2
- ^ Bushnell, D.I. (1909). The Choctaw of Bayou Lacomb, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana. Washington: Government Printing Office. p. 7.
{{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) No copyright in the United States. - ^ Leeper, Clare D'Artois (19 October 2012). Louisiana Place Names: Popular, Unusual, and Forgotten Stories of Towns, Cities, Plantations, Bayous, and Even Some Cemeteries. LSU Press. p. 42. ISBN 978-0-8071-4740-5.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bogue Falaya