Calcasieu River
The Calcasieu River is a river on the Gulf Coast in southwestern Louisiana. Approximately 200 miles long, it drains a largely rural area of forests and bayou country, meandering southward to the Gulf of Mexico.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Louisiana, United States
- Also known as: “Calcasue River”, “Calkousiouk River”, “Catcatchouk River”, “Colcasieu River”, “Ouelqueshoe River”, “Quelqueshoe River”, “Quelqueshue”, “Quolqueshoe River”, “Rio de Calcasieu *”, “Rio del Mexicano *”, and “Rio Hondo”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Grand Lake.
Grand Lake
Hamlet
Grand Lake is an unincorporated community in Cameron Parish, Louisiana, United States. Grand Lake is located along Louisiana Highway 384, south of Lake Charles. Grand Lake is situated 2½ miles southeast of Calcasieu River.
Calcasieu River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Calcasieu, Louisiana, South, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
Discover Calcasieu River from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Calcasieu River” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نهر كالكاسيو”
- Catalan: “Calcasieu”
- Cebuano: “Calcasieu River”
- Czech: “Calcasieu”
- Dutch: “Calcasieu”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر كالكاسيو”
- French: “rivière Calcasieu”
- French: “Rivière Calcasieu”
- German: “Calcasieu”
- Irish: “Abhainn Calcasieu”
- Japanese: “カルカシュー川”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Calcasieu River”
- Portuguese: “Rio Calcasieu”
- Slovak: “Calcasieu”
- Slovenian: “Calcasieu River”
- Slovenian: “Calcasieu”
- Slovenian: “reka Calcasieu”
- Spanish: “Rio Calcasieu”
- Spanish: “Río Calcasieu”
- Venetian: “Calcasieu”
- Welsh: “Afon Calcasieu”
- “Calcasieu”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Burton Landing and Moss Lake.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include East Pass Calcasieu River and West Pass Calcasieu River.
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