Lavaca River

Map of the Lavaca River and associated watershed

The Lavaca River (/ləˈvɑːkə/ (listen) lə-VAH-kə) is a river in the U.S. state of Texas. It begins in the northeastern part of Gonzales County, and travels generally southeast for 115 miles (185 km) until it empties into Lavaca Bay, which is a component of Matagorda Bay.

History[]

The river's name is a corruption of Rivière des Vaches ("Cow River"), by French explorer René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle.^[1] The flagship of Jean Laffite's fleet was alleged to have been scuttled in the lower part of the river.^[2]

Economy[]

Only the portion of the watershed and associated water resources located in Jackson County is managed by the Lavaca-Navidad River Authority, which was established in 1941.^[3]

Notes[]

^ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 182.
^ Lavaca River from the Handbook of Texas Online
^ Lavaca-Navidad River Authority

hide v t Waters of Texas
Bays and estuaries of the Gulf of Mexico	Alazan Bay Aransas Bay Baffin Bay Carancahua Bay Christmas Bay Copano Bay Corpus Christi Bay Dickinson Bay East Bay East Matagorda Bay Espiritu Santo Bay Galveston Bay Guadalupe Bay Laguna Madre Lavaca Bay Matagorda Bay Nueces Bay Oso Bay Redfish Bay Sabine Lake San Antonio Bay South Bay St. Charles Bay Tres Palacios Bay Trinity Bay West Bay
Channels and canals	Acequia Madre de Valero American Canal Aransas Pass Cedar Bayou Franklin Canal Gulf Intracoastal Waterway Houston Ship Channel Matagorda Ship Channel Pass Cavallo Riverside Canal Sabine Pass Sabine–Neches Waterway San Luis Pass
Lakes and reservoirs	Amistad Reservoir Caddo Lake Canyon Lake Cedar Creek Reservoir Choke Canyon Reservoir Falcon International Reservoir Inks Lake Lady Bird Lake Lavon Lake Lake Austin Lake Bardwell Lake Buchanan Lake Conroe Lake Corpus Christi Lake Ray Hubbard Lake Ray Roberts Lake LBJ Lake Livingston Lake Marble Falls Lake Meredith Lake Tawakoni Lake Texoma Lake Travis Lewisville Lake Richland-Chambers Reservoir Sam Rayburn Reservoir Toledo Bend Reservoir
Rivers	Angelina River Blanco River Bosque River Brazos River Buffalo Bayou Colorado River Concho River Canadian River Guadalupe River James River Lampasas River Lavaca River Leon River Little River Llano River Navidad River Neches River Nolan River Nueces River Frio River Paluxy River Pease River Pedernales River Prairie Dog Town Fork Red River Red River Rio Grande Devils River Pecos River Sabine River San Antonio River Medina River San Bernard River San Gabriel River San Jacinto River San Marcos River San Saba River Sulphur River Trinity River Wichita River White River
Wetlands	Big Cypress Bayou Ottine wetlands Rincon Bayou Rio Grande Valley

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Lavaca River

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History[]

Economy[]

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