Boeuf River
Boeuf River | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
States | |
County | Chicot |
Parishes | |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Near Lake Village |
• location | Arkansas |
• coordinates | 33°19′49″N 91°21′49″W / 33.33028°N 91.36361°W[1] |
• elevation | 110 ft (34 m)[2] |
USGS gage 07368000, near Girard, LA[3] | |
• average | 281 cu ft/s (8.0 m3/s)[3] |
• minimum | 0 cu ft/s (0 m3/s) |
• maximum | 2,980 cu ft/s (84 m3/s) |
The Boeuf River (/bɛf/) is a tributary of the Ouachita River in the U.S. states of Arkansas and Louisiana. The river is about 216 miles (348 km) long.[2]
The Boeuf River's name comes from the French word bœuf, which means "ox".
See also
References
- ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Boeuf River
- ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed June 3, 2011
- ^ USGS. Retrieved 4 August 2010.