Bogue Falaya

Geobox River
name = Bogue Falaya
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country = United States
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state = Louisiana
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region_type = Parishs
region = Washington
region1 = St. Tammany
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city = Covington
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length_imperial = 23
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source_location = Washington Parish
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source_state = Louisiana
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source_lat_d = 30
source_lat_m = 42
source_lat_s = 11
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source_long_d = 90
source_long_m = 09
source_long_s = 55
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mouth_name = Tchefuncte River
mouth_location = Covington
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mouth_region = St. Tammany Parish
mouth_state = Louisiana
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mouth_lat_d = 30
mouth_lat_m = 26
mouth_lat_s = 23
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mouth_long_d = 90
mouth_long_m = 06
mouth_long_s = 59
mouth_long_EW = W
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tributary_left = Abita River
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The Bogue Falaya, also known as the Bogue Falaya River, is a river, about 23 miles (37 km) long, in southeastern Louisiana in the United States. [http://www.bartleby.com/69/85/B07985.html Columbia Gazetteer of North America entry] ] 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.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)] ]

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.DeLorme (2003). "Louisiana Atlas & Gazetteer". Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. ISBN 0-89933-286-2] It joins the Tchefuncte River about 10 miles (16 km) upstream of that river's mouth at Lake Pontchartrain.

The name is derived from the Choctaw words "bogu", “river,” and "falaya", "long." [cite book |title=The Choctaw of Bayou Lacomb, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana |last=Bushnell |first=D.I. |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=1909 |publisher=Government Printing Office |location=Washington |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=QyNxPfpa6dIC&pg=PA7&dq |isbn= |pages=p. 7 "No copyright in the United States".]

A portion of the Bogue Falaya in St. Tammany Parish has been designated as a "Natural and Scenic River" by the state government of Louisiana.

Variant names and spellings

According to the Geographic Names Information System, the Bogue Falaya has also been known historically as: [Gnis|560238]

ee also

*List of Louisiana rivers

References