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Ouachita River

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Ouachita River

 formerly Washita River

River, southwestern Arkansas and eastern Louisiana, U.S. Rising in the Ouachita Mountains, it flows southeast to join the Red River after a course of 605 mi (973 km). Its lower reaches are known as the Black River. It has been a navigation route since the late 18th century; six locks and dams had been built on it by 1924.



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Bayou Bartholomew, the world's longest bayou, begins slightly northwest of Pine Bluff, Arkansas, and flows approximately 300 miles before crossing the border of Louisiana and joining the Ouachita River.
Others include Louisiana's Ouachita River project, "which will have a negative effect on bottomland hardwoods"; the American River near Sacramento, California; the Passaic River project in New Jersey; and the Oregon Inle coastal erosion project in North Carolina.
 
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