Ouachita may refer to:

Places

In the United States: *

Ouachita, Arkansas Ouachita (also Washita) is an unincorporated community in Dallas County, Arkansas Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the South Central United States. It is bordered by Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, ...

, an unincorporated community * Ouachita City, Louisiana, an unincorporated community * The Ouachita Mountains in Arkansas and Oklahoma * The

Ouachita orogeny The Ouachita orogeny was a mountain-building event that resulted in the folding and faulting of strata currently exposed in the Ouachita Mountains. The more extensive Ouachita system extends from the current range in Arkansas and Oklahoma south ...

, the geologic event that raised the Ouachita Mountains * The Ouachita River in Arkansas and Louisiana * Lake Ouachita *

Ouachita County, Arkansas Ouachita County ( ) is a county located in the south central part of the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2010 census, the population was 26,120. The county seat is Camden. Ouachita County is part of the Camden, AR Micropolitan Statistical ...

* Ouachita Parish, Louisiana * Ouachita National Forest in Arkansas and Oklahoma * Ouachita National Recreation Trail in Arkansas and Oklahoma

Native Americans

* The Ouachita people, a Caddo group from northeastern Louisiana

Education

* Ouachita Baptist University, a private liberal arts institution in Arkansas * Ouachita Hills College, a missionary training college in southwest Arkansas

Business

Ouachita Railroad The Ouachita Railroad Company is a short-line railroad headquartered in El Dorado, Arkansas, United States. OUCH operates a 26.2 mile line in Arkansas and Louisiana from El Dorado (where it interchanges with Union Pacific) to Lillie, Louisiana. ...

, a Class III short-line railroad headquartered in Arkansas *

Ouachita Electric Cooperative Ouachita Electric Cooperative Corporation is a non-profit rural electric utility cooperative headquartered in Camden, Arkansas, with a district office in Hampton, Arkansas. The Cooperative was organized in 1938. The Cooperative serves portions o ...

, a rural electric utility cooperative

Nature

* Ouachita creekshell, a species of mussel * Ouachita dusky salamander, a species of salamander *

Ouachita madtom The Ouachita madtom (''Noturus lachneri'') is a catfish of the family Ictaluridae. The first specimens of the species were collected in 1952 it was not until 1969 that they were recognised as a species. The Ouachita madtom is similar to the tad ...

, a species of catfish *

Ouachita map turtle The Ouachita map turtle (''Graptemys ouachitensis'') is a species of turtle belonging to the family Emydidae. Subspecies Subspecies include: * ''Graptemys ouachitensis ouachitensis'' Cagle, 1953 * ''Graptemys ouachitensis sabinensis'' Cagle ...

, a species of turtle *

Ouachita pebblesnail The Ouachita pebblesnail, scientific name †''Somatogyrus amnicoloides'', was a species of minute freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Hydrobiidae. This species was endemic to the ...

, a species of snail *

Ouachita rock pocketbook ''Arcidens wheeleri'' is a species of freshwater mussels in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. Its common names are the Ouachita rock pocketbook and Wheeler's pearly mussel. The former monotypic genusUSFWS''Arkansia wheeleri'' Recovery Plan ...

, another species of mussel *

Ouachita shiner The Ouachita shiner or Ouachita Mountain shiner (''Lythrurus snelsoni'') is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is found only in the upper Little River system in the Ouachita Mountains of Arkansas and Oklahoma in the Unite ...

, a species of minnow * Ouachita streambed salamander, another species of salamander * Ouachita burrowing crayfish * Ouachita Fencing Crayfish * Ouachita Mountain Crayfish * Ouachita River Crayfish

Places

Native Americans

Education

Business

Nature

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