Louisiana Waterways

Which river forms most of the western boundary with Texas?

• Calcasieu

• Sabine

• Red

• Pearl

Formed when rivers seek straighter, shorter courses through flat terrain:

• channels

• bayous

• cutoff or oxbow lake

• tidal lagoon

Largest natural lake in Louisiana:

• Lake Maurepas

• Lake D'Arbonne

• Cane River Lake

• Lake Ponchartrain

All of the following are oxbow/cut off lakes except for:

• Spanish Lake

• Cane River Lake

• False River

• Lake Bruin

___________________ gave Mississippi River the name Messipi.

• Robert LaSalle

• Spanish

• Algonquin

• Choctaw

Which river flows in the Atchafalaya and Mississippi Rivers?

• Calcasieu

• Sabine

• Ohio

• Red

This lake's Causeway Bridge is one of the two longest in the world:

• Lake Ponchartrain

• Lake Ontario

• Cross Lake

• Cane River Lake

This giant lake has a dam that creates hydroelectric power:

• Lake Ponchartrain

• Calcasieu

• Toledo Bend Reservoir

• Red

Rio del Espiritu/Mississippi River:

• Spanish words for Intracoastal Waterway

• Spanish words for river of the holy spirit

• Choctaw words for long river

• Spanish words for Gulf of Mexico

Made Lake Charles the 3rd largest port in the state:

• Gulf of Mexico

• Gulf Intracoastal Waterway

• Red River

• Mississippi River