| L'Anguille River | |
|---|---|
 The L'Anguille River at Palestine, Arkansas | |
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| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Arkansas |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Craighead County, Arkansas |
| • coordinates | 35°39′33″N 90°43′33″W / 35.65917°N 90.72583°W[1] |
| • elevation | 245 ft (75 m)[2] |
| Mouth | |
• location | St. Francis River |
• coordinates | 34°43′14″N 90°40′14″W / 34.72056°N 90.67056°W[1] |
• elevation | 161 ft (49 m)[1] |
| Length | 110 mi (180 km) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Palestine, Arkansas |
| • average | 1,141 cu/ft. per sec.[3] |
L'Anguille River (pronounced "lan-GWEEL" "LANG-gill" or locally as "LANE-GEE") is a tributary of the St. Francis River, approximately 110 mi (175 km) long, in northeastern Arkansas in the United States. Via the St. Francis River, it is part of the Mississippi River watershed.
L'Anguille is a name derived from French meaning "the eel".[4]
- ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: L'Anguille River
- ^ Greenfield, AR, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1983
- ^ USGS data
- ^ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 181.