Red River
The Red River is a major river in the Southern United States. It was named for its reddish water color from passing through red-bed country in its watershed.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: major river in the southern United States
- Also known as: “Big Red River”, “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”, “Prairie Dog Town of Red River”, “Prairie Dog Town of the Red River”, “Prairie Dog Town Red River”, “Read River”, “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 *”, “Rio Roho”, “Rio Rojo”, “Rio Rojo De Natchitoches”, “Rio Roxo”, “Rio Vermejo”, “Riviere de Marne *”, “Riviere Rouge”, “Riviere Rouge *”, “Riviere Sablonniere *”, “Roth River”, “Sablonniere River”, “Seignelay River”, “South Fork Red River”, “Tasenocogoula River”, “Tassenocogoula River”, “Tassenocougoula River”, and “The River Marne”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Simmesport.
Simmesport
Simmesport is a rural town at the far eastern edge of Avoyelles Parish. This town is in the River Parishes region of Louisiana, near the confluence of the Mississippi, Atchafalaya, and Red Rivers.Red River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: West Feliciana, Louisiana, South, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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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”
- Armenian: “Հարավային Կարմիր գետ”
- Asturian: “Ríu Red of the South”
- Basque: “Hegoaldeko Ibai Gorria”
- Belarusian: “Рака Рэд-Рывер, прыток Місісіпі”
- Belarusian: “Рэд-Рывер”
- Bengali: “দক্ষিণের লাল নদী”
- Bulgarian: “Ред Ривър”
- Catalan: “Red River”
- Cebuano: “Red River”
- Cheyenne: “Vé’ôhkemahpe”
- Cheyenne: “Véôhkemahpe”
- Chinese: “紅河”
- Chinese: “红河”
- Chinese: “雷德河”
- Chuvash: “Ред-Ривер”
- Croatian: “Crvena rijeka”
- Croatian: “Red River”
- Czech: “Červená řeka”
- Czech: “Red River”
- Czech: “Red”
- Czech: “Rouge du Sud”
- Danish: “Red River”
- Dutch: “Red River”
- Egyptian Arabic: “النهر الاحمر الجنوبى”
- Estonian: “Red River”
- French: “Red River”
- French: “Riviere Rouge du Sud”
- French: “Rivière Rouge du Sud”
- French: “rivière Rouge”
- French: “Rivière Rouge”
- French: “Rouge du Sud”
- Georgian: “სამხრეთის რედ-რივერი”
- German: “Red River”
- Hebrew: “הנהר האדום”
- Hungarian: “Red River”
- Italian: “Red River del Sud”
- Italian: “Red River”
- Japanese: “レッド川”
- Kirghiz: “Ред-Ривер”
- Korean: “레드강”
- Latin: “Flumen Rubrum (Civitates Foederatae)”
- Latin: “Flumen Rubrum”
- Latvian: “Redrivera”
- Lithuanian: “Pietų Red Riveris”
- Lithuanian: “Raudonoji upė”
- Lithuanian: “Red Riveris”
- Mazanderani: “رد استوور”
- Mingrelian: “ობჟათეშ რედ-რივერი”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Red River”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Red”
- Norwegian: “Red River”
- Norwegian: “Red”
- Persian: “رود رد استوور”
- Polish: “Red River”
- Polish: “Red”
- Portuguese: “Rio Red do Sul”
- Portuguese: “Rio Vermelho do Sul”
- Russian: “Красная река”
- Russian: “Ред-Ривер (приток Миссисипи)”
- Russian: “Ред-Ривер (река)”
- Russian: “Ред-Ривер”
- Russian: “Южная Ред-Ривер”
- Serbian: “Црвена река Југа”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Red”
- Slovenian: “Red River”
- South Azerbaijani: “رد استوور چایی”
- Spanish: “río Red del Sur”
- Spanish: “río Red”
- Spanish: “rio Rojo del Sur”
- Spanish: “río Rojo del Sur”
- Spanish: “rio Rojo”
- Spanish: “Río Rojo”
- Spanish: “Rojo”
- Swedish: “Red River”
- Ukrainian: “Ред-Ривер (притока Міссісіпі)”
- Ukrainian: “Ред-Ривер”
- Venetian: “Red River of the South”
- Vietnamese: “sông Đỏ miền Nam”
- Vietnamese: “sông Đỏ”
- Vietnamese: “sông Red miền Nam”
- Vietnamese: “sông Red”
- Vietnamese: “Sông Red”
- Vietnamese: “sông Rouge”
- Welsh: “Afon Red of the South”
- Western Frisian: “Reade Rivier fan it Suden”
- Western Frisian: “Reade Rivier”
- Western Frisian: “Red River”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Merrick and Legonier.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Turnbull Island Revetment and True Vine Cemetery.
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