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'''Saline Bayou''' is a 100-mile<ref name=NHD>U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. [http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ The National Map], accessed June 3, 2011</ref> tributary of the Red River in [[Louisiana]]. In 1986, it became the first blackwater [[river]] in the American South to have been designated in the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. It is located within the Kisatchie National Forest of southwest Louisiana.<ref name=saline>{{cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=VvoqyGx7PRQC&pg=RA2-PA166&lpg=RA2-PA166&dq=Saline+Bayou&source=bl&ots=ddnaGrgZ6l&sig=PWa6Y2vSKaYW4oQs-a-2aDXRD5E&hl=en&ei=ao-ZSqHGLIL8tgfe3vnIBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8#v=onepage&q=Saline%20Bayou&f=false|author=Tim Palmer|title=The Wild and Scenic Rivers of America|date=1993|page= 186|publisher=Google Books|accessdate=August 29, 2009}}</ref>
Saline Bayou flows mostly through cypress hardwood bottomlands, but only {nineteen miles is within the Wild and Scenic Rivers System.<ref name=saline/> It is popular for floating with canoes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discoverourtown.com/LA/local-46851.html|title=Saline Bayou National Wild and Scenic River|publisher=discoverourtown.com|accessdate=August 29, 2009}}</ref> The bayou forms the western boundary of Winn Parish. Along U.S. Highway 71, south of the village of Clarence in Natchitoches Parish, it separates Winn from neighboring Natchitoches Parish, where it meets the Red River.<ref name=saline/>
The bayou is black in color because of tannic acid. It hosts abundant bird and animal life and is heavily wooded. Among the creatures found in Saline Bayou are woodpeckers, mink, snapping turtles, snakes, and alligators.<ref name=saline/>
'''Saline Lake''' is an artificial impoundment of Saline Bayou, located on the Natchitoches/Winn border some twelve miles northeast of [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]]. It encompasses 8,400 acres and is heavily wooded, particularly known for its [[fishing]]: white perch, large mouth bass, and sunfish.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cityofwinnfield.com/salinelake.html|title=Visitor Information, City of Winnfield|publisher=cityofwinnfield.com|accessdate=August 29, 2009}}</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Saline Bayou}}
[[Category:Louisiana]]
[[Category:Rivers]]
'''Saline Bayou''' is a 100-mile<ref name=NHD>U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. [http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ The National Map], accessed June 3, 2011</ref> tributary of the Red River in [[Louisiana]]. In 1986, it became the first blackwater [[river]] in the American South to have been designated in the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. It is located within the Kisatchie National Forest of southwest Louisiana.<ref name=saline>{{cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=VvoqyGx7PRQC&pg=RA2-PA166&lpg=RA2-PA166&dq=Saline+Bayou&source=bl&ots=ddnaGrgZ6l&sig=PWa6Y2vSKaYW4oQs-a-2aDXRD5E&hl=en&ei=ao-ZSqHGLIL8tgfe3vnIBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8#v=onepage&q=Saline%20Bayou&f=false|author=Tim Palmer|title=The Wild and Scenic Rivers of America|date=1993|page= 186|publisher=Google Books|accessdate=August 29, 2009}}</ref>
Saline Bayou flows mostly through cypress hardwood bottomlands, but only {nineteen miles is within the Wild and Scenic Rivers System.<ref name=saline/> It is popular for floating with canoes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discoverourtown.com/LA/local-46851.html|title=Saline Bayou National Wild and Scenic River|publisher=discoverourtown.com|accessdate=August 29, 2009}}</ref> The bayou forms the western boundary of Winn Parish. Along U.S. Highway 71, south of the village of Clarence in Natchitoches Parish, it separates Winn from neighboring Natchitoches Parish, where it meets the Red River.<ref name=saline/>
The bayou is black in color because of tannic acid. It hosts abundant bird and animal life and is heavily wooded. Among the creatures found in Saline Bayou are woodpeckers, mink, snapping turtles, snakes, and alligators.<ref name=saline/>
'''Saline Lake''' is an artificial impoundment of Saline Bayou, located on the Natchitoches/Winn border some twelve miles northeast of [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]]. It encompasses 8,400 acres and is heavily wooded, particularly known for its [[fishing]]: white perch, large mouth bass, and sunfish.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cityofwinnfield.com/salinelake.html|title=Visitor Information, City of Winnfield|publisher=cityofwinnfield.com|accessdate=August 29, 2009}}</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Saline Bayou}}
[[Category:Louisiana]]
[[Category:Rivers]]