The Tchefuncte River (chuh-FUNK-tuh) is a tributary of Lake Pontchartrain in Louisiana in the United States. It is about 40 mi (64 km) long. 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. ... Map showing Lake Pontchartrain Lake Pontchartrain (local pronunciation ) is a brackish-water lake in southeastern Louisiana. ... Jump to: navigation, search State nickname: Pelican State Other U.S. States Capital Baton Rouge Largest city New Orleans, officially (currently Baton Rouge due to the evacuation of New Orleans) Governor Kathleen Blanco (D) Senators Mary Landrieu (D) David Vitter (R) Official languages None; English and French de facto Area...
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The Tchefuncte rises in northeastern Tangipahoa Parish and initially flows southward; the river is used to define part of the eastern boundary of Tangipahoa Parish and parts of the western boundaries of Washington and St. Tammany Parishes before turning southeastward into St. Tammany Parish, where it passes the city of Covington and the town of Madisonville. It collects its largest tributary, the Bogue Falaya River, at Covington and flows into Lake Pontchartrain about 2 mi (3 km) south of Madisonville, near the lake's northern extremity. Tangipahoa Parish is a parish located in the state of Louisiana. ... Washington Parish is a parish located in the state of Louisiana. ... St. ... The city of Covington is the parish seat of St. ... Madisonville is a town located in St. ...
The Tchefuncte has been designated by the government of Louisiana as a "Natural and Scenic River." Fairview-Riverside State Park is located along the river upstream of Madisonville.
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 ...
Tchefuncte culture is best known for its pottery and is the first LMV culture to make much pottery.
(Tchefuncte pottery was probably made by the paddle and anvil technique instead of the coil method.) It looks like potters were experimenting with a new technology and taking part in what has been called the "container revolution." The most common vessel forms are simple globe-like bowls and "flower pot" jars.
Schambach recently proposed the name "Mulberry River" to characterize the Woodland culture that inhabited the valleys of the middle Arkansas River and its tributaries to the north of the Ouachita Mountains in eastern Oklahoma and northwestern Arkansas.
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