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Bayou Plaquemine Brulé (; historically spelled ''Plakemine''; translated to ''"burnt
persimmon The persimmon is the edible fruit of a number of species of trees in the genus '' Diospyros''. The most widely cultivated of these is the Oriental persimmon, ''Diospyros kaki'' ''Diospyros'' is in the family Ebenaceae, and a number of non-per ...
bayou"'') is a waterway in the
Mermentau River The Mermentau River (french: Rivière Mermentau) is a river in southern Louisiana in the United States. It enters the Gulf of Mexico between Calcasieu Lake and Vermilion Bay on the Chenier Coastal Plain. The Mermentau River supplies freshwater ...
basin of south
Louisiana Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It is the 20th-smallest by area and the 25th most populous of the 50 U.S. states. Louisiana is borde ...
. The bayou is longU.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data
The National Map
, accessed June 20, 2011
and is navigable for of its lower course. One of the first settlers of the area was Michel Comeau.
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List of rivers of Louisiana List of rivers of Louisiana (U.S. state). By drainage basin This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name. Gulf of Mexico East of the Mississippi *Pearl River **Bogue Chitto River ...


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Map of the southwestern Bayou region
Rivers of Louisiana Rivers of Acadia Parish, Louisiana {{Louisiana-river-stub