Dugdemona River

The Dugdemona River (pronounced dug-duh-mona) is a 129-mile-long (208 km)[1] tributary of the Little River in north-central Louisiana in the United States.[2] Via the Little, Ouachita and Red rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River.

Dugdemona River
Dugdemona River
Location
CountryUnited States
StateLouisiana
Parishes
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationWest of Simsboro
 • coordinates32°32′18″N 92°49′53″W
MouthConfluence with Castor Creek to form Little River
 • coordinates
31°47′46″N 92°21′46″W
Length129 miles (208 km)

The Dugdemona River rises west of Simsboro in western Lincoln Parish, and flows generally southeastwardly through Bienville, Jackson, Winn and Grant parishes, through a portion of the Kisatchie National Forest. It joins Castor Creek to form the Little River about 3 miles (4.8 km) northeast of Georgetown.[3] A short tributary known as the Little Dugdemona River[4] flows southwestwardly through Jackson and Bienville parishes.[3] At Joyce, LA, the river has a mean annual discharge of 835 cubic feet per second.[5]

Variant names and spellings

According to the Geographic Names Information System, the Dugdemona River has also been known historically as:[6]

  • Bugdemon River
  • Degdemoa Creek
  • Dogdamane River
  • Dogdemane River
  • Dogdimona River
  • Dougdiamonia Bayou
  • Duagdemonai Bayou
  • Ducdumani Creek
  • Duedumani Creek
  • Dug de Mona Bayou
  • Dug de Mona River
  • Dugdamoney River
  • Dugdamoni River
  • Dugdamonia Bayou
  • Dugdamonia Creek
  • Dugdamony River
  • Dugdemona Bayou
  • Dugdemoni Creek
  • Dugdimona River
  • Dugdimoni Bayou
  • Dugdymonia Creek
  • Dugmonia Bayou
  • Dugdemonia River
  • Little River

See also

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed June 3, 2011
  2. Columbia Gazetteer of North America entry Archived April 28, 2005, at the Wayback Machine
  3. DeLorme (2003). Louisiana Atlas & Gazetteer. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. ISBN 0-89933-286-2
  4. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Little Dugdemona River
  5. "USGS Surface Water data for Louisiana: USGS Surface-Water Annual Statistics".
  6. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dugdemona River

31°47′46″N 92°21′46″W



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