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Louisiana Waterways

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which river forms most of the western boundary with Texas?

a)

Calcasieu

b)

Sabine

c)

Red

d)

Pearl

2.

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

a)

channels

b)

bayous

c)

cutoff or oxbow lake

d)

tidal lagoon

3.

Largest natural lake in Louisiana:

a)

Lake Maurepas

b)

Lake D'Arbonne

c)

Cane River Lake

d)

Lake Ponchartrain

4.

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

a)

Spanish Lake

b)

Cane River Lake

c)

False River

d)

Lake Bruin

5.

___________________ gave Mississippi River the name Messipi.

a)

Robert LaSalle

b)

Spanish

c)

Algonquin

d)

Choctaw

6.

Which river flows in the Atchafalaya and Mississippi Rivers?

a)

Calcasieu

b)

Sabine

c)

Ohio

d)

Red

7.

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

a)

Lake Ponchartrain

b)

Lake Ontario

c)

Cross Lake

d)

Cane River Lake

8.

This giant lake has a dam that creates hydroelectric power:

a)

Lake Ponchartrain

b)

Calcasieu

c)

Toledo Bend Reservoir

d)

Red

9.

Rio del Espiritu/Mississippi River:

a)

Spanish words for Intracoastal Waterway

b)

Spanish words for river of the holy spirit

c)

Choctaw words for long river

d)

Spanish words for Gulf of Mexico

10.

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

a)

Gulf of Mexico

b)

Gulf Intracoastal Waterway

c)

Red River

d)

Mississippi River

11.

Receives 30% of the Mississippi’s water volume

a)

Red River

b)

Sabine River

c)

Pearl River

d)

Atchafalaya River

12.

Named the Mississippi River the River Louis:

a)

DeGama

b)

LaSalle

c)

Cortez

d)

Bienville

13.

Eventually flows into Atchafalaya and Mississippi Rivers:

a)

Red River

b)

Pearl River

c)

Sabine River

d)

False River