Bogue Falaya
River in Louisiana, United States
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The Bogue Falaya, also known as the Bogue Falaya River, is a 28-mile-long (45 km)[1] river in southeastern Louisiana in the United States.[2] 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.[3]
| Bogue Falaya | |
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Wooden bridge crossing the Bogue Falaya River near Covington, Louisiana, 1910s. | |
 Bogue Falaya | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Louisiana |
| Parishes | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Washington Parish, Louisiana |
| • coordinates | 30°42′11″N 90°09′55″W |
| Mouth | Tchefuncte River |
• location | Covington, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana |
• coordinates | 30°26′23″N 90°06′59″W |
| Length | 28 mi (45 km) |
| Basin features | |
| Cities | Covington |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Abita River |
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.[4] It joins the Tchefuncte River about 10 miles (16 km) upstream of that river's mouth at Lake Pontchartrain.[2]
The name is derived from the Choctaw words bogu, “river,” and falaya, "long."[5][6]
A portion of the Bogue Falaya in St. Tammany Parish has been designated a "Natural and Scenic River" by the state government of Louisiana.[3]
Variant names and spellings
According to the Geographic Names Information System, the Bogue Falaya has also been known historically as:[7]
- Bogue Falaia
- Bogue Falaya River
- Bogue Falia
- Bogue Faliah
- Bogue Fallaya
- Bogue Faylia
- Bogue Phalia
- Bouge Filia
- Bouge Filiah
- Bougue Falaia
- Buck-Palaya Arroyo
- Long River
