List of rivers of Louisiana

List of rivers in Louisiana (U.S. state).

By Drainage Basin

This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name.

Gulf of Mexico

Pearl River

• Pearl River
  • Bogue Chitto River
  • Bayou Bienvenue
  • Lake Borgne
  • Lake Michoud
  • Lake Marseille
  • Lake Bullard
  • Lake Carmel
  • Spring Lake
  • Lake Willow
  • Lake Saint Catherine

Lake Pontchartrain and Lake Maurepas

• Lacombe Bayou
• Tchefuncte River
  • Bogue Falaya
    • Abita River
• Tangipahoa River
• Tickfaw River
  • Natalbany River
  • Blood River
• Amite River
  • Comite River
  • Bayou Manchac
• Blind River
  • Petite Amite River
    • New River

Mississippi River

• Mississippi River

Distributaries

• Bayou Lafourche
• Atchafalaya River
  • Bayou Teche
    • Bayou Boeuf
    • Bayou Bourbeaux
    • Bayou Carencro
    • Bayou Cocodrie
  • Belle River
  • Lower Grand River
    • Upper Grand River
  • Bayou Jack
  • Bayou Rouge
  • Bayou des Glaises

Red River

• Red River
  • Black River
    • Little River
      • Castor Creek
      • Dugdemona River
    • Tensas River
      • Bayou Macon
    • Ouachita River
      • Boeuf River
        • Bayou Lafourche
        • Big Creek
      • Bayou D'Arbonne
        • Cornie Bayou
      • Bayou de Loutre
      • Bayou Bartholomew
  • Cane River
  • Saline Bayou
    • Black Lake Bayou
  • Bayou Pierre
  • Loggy Bayou
    • Flat River
      • Red Chute Bayou
        • Bodcau Bayou
    • Dorcheat Bayou
  • Cross Bayou

Gulf west of the Mississippi

• Vermilion River
• Mermentau River
  • Bayou Nezpique
  • Bayou des Cannes
    • Bayou Mallet
  • Bayou Plaquemine Brule
    • Bayou Wikoff
  • Bayou Queue de Tortue
• Calcasieu River
  • West Fork Calcasieu River
    • Houston River
  • Whisky Chitto Creek
• Sabine River
  • Old River
  • Bayou Anacoco

Alphabetically

• Abita River
• Amite River
• Atchafalaya River
• Bayou Bartholomew
• Bayou Beineuve
• Bayou Bourbeaux
• Bayou Carencro
• Bayou Chicot
• Bayou Choupic
• Bayou Courtableau
• Bayou des Cannes
• Bayou des Glaises
• Bayou Jack
• Bayou Mallet
• Bayou Nezpique
• Bayou Plaquemine Brule
• Bayou Queue de Tortue
• Bayou Teche
• Bayou Wikoff
• Black River
• Blind River
• Boeuf River
• Bogue Chitto River
• Bogue Falaya
• Calcasieu River
• Cane River
• Castor Creek
• Comite River
• Dorcheat Bayou
• Dugdemona River
• Flat River
• Houston River
• Irish Bayou
• Little River - 9 different rivers
• Mermentau River
• Mississippi River
• Natalbany River
• Ouachita River
• Old River - 15 different rivers
• Pearl River
• Red River
• Sabine River
• Tangipahoa River
• Tchefuncte River
• Tensas River
• Tickfaw River
• Vermilion River

References

• USGS Geographic Names Information Service
• USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Louisiana (1974)

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