Red River of the South

The Red River is a tributary of the Mississippi River. It begins in Texas, and flows through the states of Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana. It merges with the Mississippi River in Louisiana. The river's name comes from the red clay that is found along it. The Red is about 1,320 mi (2,120 km) long.

Red River of the South
Length	1,360 mi (2,190 km)
Mouth elevation	30 ft (9.1 m)

The biggest dam on the Red River is Denison Dam, which was created in 1943. It forms Lake Texoma. This lake covers 89,000 acres (360 square kilometers). There are also some other dams on the river's tributaries. At its end at the Mississippi River, it has a flow of 7,000 cubic feet (200 cubic meters) of water every second. In early 2009, the river experienced a series of catastrophic floods.

Red River Of The South Media

• RedRiverMeandersArkansas1.jpg

  Point bars, abandoned meander loops, oxbow lakes in Lafayette and Miller counties, Arkansas

• State Highway 78 Bridge at the Red River.jpg

  State Highway No. 78 Bridge at the Red River between Oklahoma and Texas, photographed on the Oklahoma side

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  Crossing the Red River at the Texas–Oklahoma border from I-35

• Cane River Lake of the Red River, Natchitoches, LA IMG 1914.JPG

  The Red River took a new channel near Natchitoches, Louisiana, and left behind Cane River Lake.

• Little Red River Texas 2015.jpg

  Salt beds in the Red River

• Theb0771 - Flickr - NOAA Photo Library.jpg

  Crossing the North Fork of the Red River near Granite, Oklahoma, 1921.

• Louisiana - Lake End through Mansfield - NARA - 23940421 (cropped).jpg

  Pontoon bridge crossing Red River at Lake End, Louisiana in 1942

• Red River Texas.jpg

  Red River, Texas

• Revised bridge atop Red River in LA IMG 6337.jpg

  Red River LA 2 Bridge, not the Jimmie Davis Bridge, atop the Red River between Bossier and Caddo parishes near Shreveport

• Pedestrian walkway at Red River, Alexandria, LA IMG 4300.JPG

  Popular pedestrian walkway along the Red River in Alexandria, Louisiana

References

• Tyson, Carl N. The Red River in Southwestern History. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1981. ISBN 0-8061-1659-5