Tensas River
The Tensas River is a river in Louisiana in the United States. The river, known as Tensas Bayou in its upper reaches, begins in East Carroll Parish in the northeast corner of the state and runs roughly southwest for 177 miles more or less in parallel with the Mississippi River.
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- Description: river–bayou system in the United States of America
- Also known as“Bayou Des Tainsas”“Bayouc Des Tainsas”“Bayu Tinsas”“Le Tensa River”“Riviere D’Argent”“Riviere Des Yazou”“Tensas Bayou and Tensas River”“Tensaw River”
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Latitude
31.63156° or 31° 37′ 54″ north
Longitude
-91.80568° or 91° 48′ 20″ west
Open location code
863CJ5JV+JP
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Tensas River” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نهر تينساس”
- Catalan: “Tensas”
- Cebuano: “Tensas River”
- Chinese: “滕薩斯河”
- Dutch: “Tensas”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر تينساس”
- French: “bayou Tensas”
- French: “rivière Tensas”
- French: “Tensas”
- Irish: “Abhainn Tensas”
- Japanese: “テンソー川”
- Venetian: “Tensas”
- Welsh: “Afon Tensas”
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Notable Places Nearby
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