Red River

The Red River is a major river in the . It was named for its reddish water color from passing through red-bed country in its watershed.
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  • Type: Stream
  • Description: major river in the southern United States
  • Also known as: “Big Red River”, “Červená řeka”, “Colorado River of Natchitoches”, “Kicpahat”, “La Riviere des Marnes”, “La Riviere Rouge”, “La Sablonniere”, “Le Marne”, “Lower Old River”, “Mah’om”, “Marne River”, “Nachitoches River”, “Natchitock River”, “Negite River”, “Ni-gitai River”, “Nigitai River”, “Palisades River”, “Pietų Red Riveris”, “Prairie Dog Town of Red River”, “Prairie Dog Town of the Red River”, “Prairie Dog Town Red River”, “Read River”, “Red River del Sud”, “Red River of Cadodacho”, “Red River of Natchitoches”, “Red River of the South”, “Rigolette De Bon Dieu”, “Rio Colorado”, “Rio de los Cadaudachos”, “Rio de San Andres *”, “río Red”, “río Red del Sur”, “Rio Red do Sul”, “Rio Roho”, “rio Rojo”, “Rio Rojo”, “Rio Rojo De Natchitoches”, “rio Rojo del Sur”, “Rio Roxo”, “Rio Vermejo”, “Riviere de Marne *”, “Riviere Rouge”, “Riviere Rouge *”, “Riviere Rouge du Sud”, “Rivière Rouge du Sud”, “Riviere Sablonniere *”, “Rojo”, “Roth River”, “Rouge du Sud”, “Sablonniere River”, “Seignelay River”, “sông Đỏ miền Nam”, “sông Red”, “sông Red miền Nam”, “sông Rouge”, “South Fork Red River”, “Tasenocogoula River”, “Tassenocogoula River”, “Tassenocougoula River”, “The River Marne”, “Красная река”, “Ред-Ривер (приток Миссисипи)”, “Ред-Ривер (река)”, “Հարավային Կարմիր գետ”, and “雷德河”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Simmesport.

is a rural town at the far eastern edge of Avoyelles Parish.

Red River

Latitude
31.01935° or 31° 1′ 10″ north
Longitude
-91.7479° or 91° 44′ 52″ west
Elevation
30 feet (9 metres)
Open location code
863C2792+PR
Geo­Names ID
4338480
Wiki­data ID
Q156032
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Western Frisian—“Red River” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Redrivier”
  • Arabic: “النهر الأحمر الجنوبي”
  • Armenian: “Կարմիր գետ”
  • Asturian: “Ríu Red of the South”
  • Basque: “Hegoaldeko Ibai Gorria”
  • Belarusian: “Рэд-Рывер”
  • Belarusian: “Рэд-Рывэр”
  • Bengali: “দক্ষিণের লাল নদী”
  • Bulgarian: “Ред Ривър”
  • Catalan: “Red River”
  • Cebuano: “Red River”
  • Cheyenne: “Vé’ôhkemahpe”
  • Cheyenne: “Véôhkemahpe”
  • Chinese: “紅河”
  • Chinese: “红河”
  • Chuvash: “Ред-Ривер”
  • Croatian: “Crvena rijeka”
  • Croatian: “Red River”
  • Czech: “Red River”
  • Czech: “Red”
  • Danish: “Red River”
  • Dutch: “Red River”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “النهر الاحمر الجنوبى”
  • Estonian: “Red River”
  • French: “rivière Rouge”
  • French: “Rivière Rouge”
  • Georgian: “სამხრეთის რედ-რივერი”
  • German: “Red River”
  • Hebrew: “הנהר האדום”
  • Hungarian: “Red River”
  • Italian: “Red River”
  • Japanese: “レッド川”
  • Kirghiz: “Ред-Ривер”
  • Korean: “레드강”
  • Latin: “Flumen Rubrum (Civitates Foederatae)”
  • Latin: “Flumen Rubrum”
  • Latvian: “Redrivera”
  • Lithuanian: “Raudonoji upė”
  • Lithuanian: “Red Riveris”
  • Mazanderani: “رد استوور”
  • Mingrelian: “ობჟათეშ რედ-რივერი”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Red”
  • Norwegian: “Red River”
  • Norwegian: “Red”
  • Persian: “رود رد استوور”
  • Polish: “Red River”
  • Polish: “Red”
  • Portuguese: “Rio Vermelho do Sul”
  • Russian: “Ред-Ривер”
  • Russian: “Южная Ред-Ривер”
  • Serbian: “Црвена река Југа”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Red”
  • Slovenian: “Red River”
  • South Azerbaijani: “رد استوور چایی”
  • Spanish: “río Rojo del Sur”
  • Spanish: “Río Rojo”
  • Swedish: “Red River”
  • Ukrainian: “Ред-Ривер (притока Міссісіпі)”
  • Ukrainian: “Ред-Ривер”
  • Venetian: “Red River of the South”
  • Vietnamese: “sông Đỏ”
  • Vietnamese: “Sông Red”
  • Welsh: “Afon Red of the South”
  • Western Frisian: “Reade Rivier fan it Suden”
  • Western Frisian: “Reade Rivier”
  • Western Frisian: “Red River”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Merrick and Legonier.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Turnbull Island Revetment and True Vine Cemetery.

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