Cross Bayou / Twelve Mile Bayou
Water type: River
Continent:
North America
Climate:
Subtropical
Country:
United States of America (USA)
Natural lakes
Siluriformes - Catfishes
Centrarchiformes - Basses and sunfishes
Cypriniformes - Carps
Acipenseriformes - Sturgeons and Paddlefish
Lepisosteiformes - Gars
Amiiformes - Bowfins
Moroniformes - Temperate basses
Clupeiformes - Herrings
Acanthuriformes - Surgeonfishes
Petromyzontiformes - Lampreys
Siluriformes - Catfishes
Centrarchiformes - Basses and sunfishes
Cypriniformes - Carps
Acipenseriformes - Sturgeons and Paddlefish
Lepisosteiformes - Gars
Amiiformes - Bowfins
Moroniformes - Temperate basses
Clupeiformes - Herrings
Acanthuriformes - Surgeonfishes
Petromyzontiformes - Lampreys
Cross Bayou is a 38-mile-long (61 km) 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, 15 miles (24 km) southeast of Marshall, and flows east into Caddo Parish, Louisiana.
It flows through 8-mile-long (13 km) 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.