Abita River

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Abita River
Country	United States
State	Louisiana
Parish	St. Tammany
Major cities	Abita Springs, Covington
Source
- location	St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana
- coordinates	30°29′08″N, 90°00′31″W
Mouth	Bogue Falaya
- location	Covington, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana
- coordinates	30°27′16″N, 90°06′10″W
Major tributaries
- right	Abita Creek

The Abita River, is a river in southeastern Louisiana in the United States. It is a tributary of the Bogue Falaya, which flows to the Tchefuncte River and then onto Lake Pontchartrain.

The Bogue Falaya rises in central St. Tammany Parish and flows generally west-southwest through central St. Tammany Parish, through Abita Springs and empties into the Bogue Falaya on the southeast side of Covington.

The length of the Abita River, from headwaters to the mouth, has been designated as a "Natural and Scenic River" by the state government of Louisiana.^[1]

Contents 1 Variant names and spellings 2 See also 3 References 4 External links 4.1 Online maps and aerial photos

[edit] Variant names and spellings

According to the Geographic Names Information System, the Abita River has also been known historically as:^[2]

Abeter Bayou Bayou Abeter Bayou Abita

[edit] See also

• List of Louisiana rivers

[edit] References

1. ^ US Army Corps of Engineers Louisiana Natural & Scenic Rivers System
2. ^ Geographic Names Information System entry

[edit] External links

[edit] Online maps and aerial photos

Mouth or other endpoint (Covington)

• WikiSatellite view at WikiMapia
• Street map from MapQuest
• Topographic map from TopoZone
• Aerial image or topographic map from TerraServer-USA
• Satellite image from Google Maps
• Other maps and aerial photos

Source (St. Tammany Parish)

• WikiSatellite view at WikiMapia
• Street map from MapQuest
• Topographic map from TopoZone
• Aerial image or topographic map from TerraServer-USA
• Satellite image from Google Maps
• Other maps and aerial photos