The Bogue Falaya, also known as the Bogue Falaya River, is a river, about 23 mi (37 km) long, in southeastern Louisiana in the United States.^[1] It is a tributary of the Tchefuncte River, which flows to Lake Pontchartrain. The river flows through an area of mixed pine-hardwood and bottmland hardwood forests on the Gulf Coastal Plain.^[2] The Murray River in Australia. ... Official language(s) English and French Capital Baton Rouge Largest city New Orleans at last census; probably Baton Rouge since Hurricane Katrina Area  Ranked 31st  - Total 51,885 sq. ... A tributary (or affluent or confluent) is a contributory stream, a river that does not reach the sea, but joins another major river (a parent river), to which it contributes its waters, swelling its discharge. ... The Tchefuncte River (chuh-FUNK-tuh) is a tributary of Lake Pontchartrain in Louisiana in the United States. ... Landsat image of Lake Pontchartrain Map showing Lake Pontchartrain Lake Pontchartrains north shore at Fontainebleau State Park near Mandeville, Louisiana in 2004 Lake Pontchartrain at New Orleans during Hurricane Georges in 1998 Lake Pontchartrain (local English pronunciation ) (French: Lac Pontchartrain, pronounced ) is a brackish lake in southeastern Louisiana, the... Species About 115. ... Beech is a typical temperate zone hardwood The term hardwood designates wood from angiosperm trees. ... The Gulf Coastal Plain extends from the Florida Parishes of Louisiana over most of Mississippi, some of western Tennessee and Kentucky, the southwestern 2/3 of Alabama, and the western panhandle of Florida. ...

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.^[3] It joins the Tchefuncte River about 10 mi (16 km) upstream of that river's mouth at Lake Pontchartrain.^[1] Washington Parish is a parish located in the state of Louisiana. ... St. ... The city of Covington is the parish seat of St. ...

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.^[2]

Variant names and spellings

According to the Geographic Names Information System, the Bogue Falaya has also been known historically as:^[4] GNIS (The Geographic Names Information System) contains name and locative information about almost two million physical and cultural features located throughout the United States of America and its Territories. ...

See also

• List of Louisiana rivers

This is a list of rivers in the U.S. state of Louisiana Atchafalaya River Bayou Nezpique Mississippi River Old River Red River Sabine River See also List of rivers in the United States Categories: Lists of rivers | U.S. rivers | Louisiana rivers ...

References

1. ^ ^a b Columbia Gazetteer of North America entry
2. ^ ^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)
3. ^ DeLorme (2003). Louisiana Atlas & Gazetteer. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. ISBN 0-89933-286-2
4. ^ Geographic Names Information System entry