Bogue Falaya | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Louisiana |
Parishes | |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Washington Parish, Louisiana |
• coordinates | 30°42′11″N 90°09′55″W / 30.70306°N 90.16528°W |
Mouth | Tchefuncte River |
• location | Covington, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana |
• coordinates | 30°26′23″N 90°06′59″W / 30.43972°N 90.11639°W |
Length | 28 mi (45 km) |
Basin features | |
Cities | Covington |
Tributaries | |
• left | Abita River |
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]
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]
According to the Geographic Names Information System, the Bogue Falaya has also been known historically as: [7]
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