Boeuf River
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 LA 15 bridge spanning the Boeuf River | |
 Boeuf River | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| States | |
| County | Chicot |
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| 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] |
| Mouth | Ouachita River |
• location | near Enterprise, Louisiana |
• coordinates | 31°51′25″N 91°47′9″W / 31.85694°N 91.78583°W[1] |
• elevation | 33 ft (10 m)[1] |
| Length | 216 mi (348 km)[2] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | 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. It flows into the Ouachita near Enterprise, Louisiana.[2]
The Boeuf River's name comes from the French word bœuf, which means "ox".
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 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
- ^ a b "Water resources data for the United States, Water Year 2009; gage 07368000, Boeuf River near Girard, LA" (PDF). USGS. Retrieved 4 August 2010.
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