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  1. Bayou - Wikipedia

    Bayous are commonly found in the Gulf Coast region of the southern United States, especially in the Mississippi River Delta, though they also exist elsewhere. A bayou is often an anabranch or minor …

  2. BAYOU Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    The meaning of BAYOU is a creek, secondary watercourse, or minor river that is tributary to another body of water. How to use bayou in a sentence.

  3. Bayou - National Geographic Society

    May 14, 2025 · A bayou is a slow-moving creek or a swampy section of a river or a lake where the water is still.

  4. What Is A Bayou? - WorldAtlas

    Jul 12, 2018 · A bayou is a wetland or marshy lake, often found in the Gulf Region of the southern United States, particularly in the Mississippi region. Bayous are slow moving and often heavily wooded.

  5. BAYOU Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    BAYOU definition: a marshy arm, inlet, or outlet of a lake, river, etc., usually sluggish or stagnant. See examples of bayou used in a sentence.

  6. BAYOU | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    / ˈbɑɪ·u, -oʊ / Add to word list (in the southern US) an area of slowly moving or still water connected to a river or lake (Definition of bayou from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge …

  7. The Secrets Of Bayous: Dive Into America’s Enchanted Swamps

    Jun 27, 2023 · The word bayou entered English through the Louisiana French word bayouque, which in turn came from the Native American Choctaw word bayok. Bayou refers to a small, slow-moving …

  8. Visitor Information - Buffalo Bayou Partnership

    Welcome to Buffalo Bayou! Vibrant green spaces, an extensive trail network, and unique destinations await along the waterway between Shepherd Drive and the Port of Houston Turning Basin. Learn …

  9. Bayou - definition of bayou by The Free Dictionary

    bayou (ˈbaɪjuː) n (Physical Geography) (in the southern US) a sluggish marshy tributary of a lake or river [C18: from Louisiana French, from Choctaw bayuk]

  10. Bayou | waterway | Britannica

    bayou, Still or slow-moving section of marshy water, usually a creek, secondary watercourse, or minor river that is a tributary of another river or channel. It may occur in the form of an oxbow lake.