- Tensas River
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river_name = Tensas River
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caption = Location of the Tensas River within the Tensas/Ouachita watershed.
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watershed = The Tensas River is a river inLouisiana in theUnited States . The river begins inEast Carroll parish in the north-east corner of the state and runs roughly south-west for 400km more or less in parallel with theOuachita River . The two rivers merge in Jonesville inCatahoula Parish to become the Black River, not to be confused with Black Lake inNatchitoches Parish in north central Louisiana.For the twenty miles south of
Interstate 20 between Delhi and Tallulah, the river winds its way through theTensas River National Wildlife Refuge (in Madison, Franklin, and Tensas parishes), established in 1980 "for the preservation and development of environmental resources" about the river.ee also
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List of Louisiana rivers References
*"Tensas River National Wildlife Refuge", http://www.fws.gov/tensasriver/, Retrieved 23rd April 2005
*GNIS|558329|Tensas River
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