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Cross Bayou Origin Texas Mouth Shreveport, Louisiana Basin countries United States Cross Bayou is a 38.0-mile-long (61.2 km)[1] river in Texas and Louisiana. It is a tributary of the Red River, part of the Mississippi River watershed.
It rises in southeastern Harrison County, Texas, 15 miles (24 km) southeast of Marshall, and flows east into Caddo Parish, Louisiana. It flows through 8-mile-long (13 km) Cross Lake on the outskirts of Shreveport, and joins the Red River in downtown Shreveport.
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References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed June 3, 2011
- "An Analysis of Texas Waterways". http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/publications/pwdpubs/pwd_rp_t3200_1047/index.phtml. Retrieved 2006-05-04.
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cross Bayou
- USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas (1974)
Categories:- Rivers of Louisiana
- Rivers of Texas
- Tributaries of the Red River (Mississippi River)
- Louisiana geography stubs
- Texas geography stubs
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