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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.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). State of Louisiana Water Quality Management Plan: 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 mi (16 km) upstream of that river's mouth at Lake Pontchartrain.
The name is from the Choctaw bogu, “river,” and falaya, "long."
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:Geographic Names Information System entry
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References
Rivers of Louisiana | St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana | Washington Parish, Louisiana
"Bogue Falaya"