The Dugdemona River (pronounced dug-duh-mona) is a 129-mile-long (208 km)[1] tributary of the Little River in north-central Louisiana in the United States.[2] Via the Little, Ouachita and Red rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River.
| Dugdemona River | |
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 Dugdemona River | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Louisiana |
| Parishes | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | West of Simsboro |
| • coordinates | 32°32′18″N 92°49′53″W / 32.5384°N 92.8315°W |
| Mouth | Confluence with Castor Creek to form Little River |
• coordinates | 31°47′46″N 92°21′46″W / 31.796°N 92.36264°W |
| Length | 129 miles (208 km) |
The Dugdemona River rises west of Simsboro in western Lincoln Parish, and flows generally southeastwardly through Bienville, Jackson, Winn and Grant parishes, through a portion of the Kisatchie National Forest. It joins Castor Creek to form the Little River about 3 miles (4.8 km) northeast of Georgetown.[3] A short tributary known as the Little Dugdemona River[4] flows southwestwardly through Jackson and Bienville parishes.[3] At Joyce, LA, the river has a mean annual discharge of 835 cubic feet per second.[5]
Variant names and spellings
editAccording to the Geographic Names Information System, the Dugdemona River has also been known historically as:[6]
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ 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
- ^ Columbia Gazetteer of North America entry Archived April 28, 2005, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b DeLorme (2003). Louisiana Atlas & Gazetteer. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. ISBN 0-89933-286-2
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Little Dugdemona River
- ^ "USGS Surface Water data for Louisiana: USGS Surface-Water Annual Statistics".
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dugdemona River
31°47′46″N 92°21′46″W / 31.79611°N 92.36278°W