Cross Bayou Explained

Cross Bayou
Mouth Location:	Shreveport, Louisiana
Subdivision Type1:	Country
Subdivision Name1:	United States
Discharge1 Location:	Dixie, LA
Discharge1 Avg:	2,659 cu/ft. per sec.^[1]

Cross Bayou is a 38adj=midNaNadj=mid^[2] river in Texas and Louisiana. It is a tributary of the Red River, part of the Mississippi River watershed.

It rises in southeastern Harrison County, Texas, southeast of Marshall, and flows east into Caddo Parish, Louisiana. It flows through 8miles Cross Lake on the outskirts of Shreveport, and joins the Red River in downtown Shreveport.

The latter portion is known as Twelve Mile Bayou, locally spelled Twelvemile Bayou.

Crossings

• Kansas City Southern Railroad Bridge, Cross Bayou is a historic railway bridge that is the next to last crossing before the Red River.

See also

• List of rivers of Louisiana
• List of rivers of Texas

References

• Web site: An Analysis of Texas Waterways . 2006-05-04.
  • USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas (1974)

32.5196°N -93.7463°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: USGS Surface Water data for Louisiana: USGS Surface-Water Annual Statistics.
2. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed June 3, 2011