Catahoula

Catahoula is associated with the great shallow lake of central Louisiana, a place of marshes, open water and seasonally flooded ground. The name has been traced to a Tensas word for a large clear lake. Water levels change greatly through the year, exposing mudflats and vegetation when the lake recedes. Its wetlands lie within a country crossed by the Ouachita, Tensas and Black rivers, where waterbirds gather and the courses of streams shape the lowlands.