| Bogue Falaya | |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | United States |
| Subdivision Type2: | State |
| Subdivision Name2: | Louisiana |
| Subdivision Type3: | Parishes |
| Length: | 28miles |
| Source1 Location: | Washington Parish, Louisiana |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 30.7031°N -90.1653°W |
| Mouth: | Tchefuncte River |
| Mouth Location: | Covington, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 30.4397°N -90.1164°W |
| Tributaries Left: | Abita River |
| City: | Covington |
The Bogue Falaya, also known as the Bogue Falaya River, is a 28adj=midNaNadj=mid[1] river in southeastern Louisiana in the United States.[2] It is a tributary of the Tchefuncte River, which flows to Lake Pontchartrain. The river flows through an area of mixed pine-hardwood and bottomland hardwood forests on the Gulf Coastal Plain.[3]
The Bogue Falaya rises in southwestern Washington Parish and flows generally south-southeastwardly through western St. Tammany Parish, past Covington, where it collects the Abita River.[4] It joins the Tchefuncte River about
10 miles (16 km) upstream of that river's mouth at Lake Pontchartrain.[2]The name is derived from the Choctaw words bogu, “river,” and falaya, "long."[5] [6]
A portion of the Bogue Falaya in St. Tammany Parish has been designated a "Natural and Scenic River" by the state government of Louisiana.[3]
According to the Geographic Names Information System, the Bogue Falaya has also been known historically as:
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