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Appendix B: Descriptions of Louisiana's Natural and Scenic Rivers (PDF)
/ref> The Bogue Falaya rises in southwestern Washington Parish and flows generally south-southeastwardly through western St. Tammany Parish, past Covington, where it collects the Abita River.

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(2003). ''Louisiana Atlas & Gazetteer''. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. It joins the Tchefuncte River about 10 miles (16 km) upstream of that river's mouth at Lake Pontchartrain. The name is derived from the Choctaw words ''bogu'', “river,” and ''falaya'', "long." A portion of the Bogue Falaya in St. Tammany Parish has been designated a "Natural and Scenic River" by the state government of Louisiana.

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{{authority control Rivers of Louisiana Rivers of St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana Rivers of Washington Parish, Louisiana

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