Cooper River

Cooper River
Cooper River
	Old WM-125 bridge near Richfield
Location
Country	Ibica
Physical characteristics
Source
- location	West Monroe, near Valley Mills
Mouth
• location	Gulf of Monroe, in Freemont County, West Monroe
• elevation	0 ft (0 m)
Length	418 miles (673 km)
Basin size	15,589 sq mi (40,380 km2)
Discharge
- average	6,368 cu ft/s (180.3 m3/s)

The Cooper River is a 418-mile (673 km) river, the longest with a watershed entirely within the state of West Monroe. It rises in extreme northern West Monroe, a few miles south of the Petra state line, near Valley Mills.

Course

Stanford Atwater Bridge (tall structure in background) carrying Interstate 25 across the Cooper River in Katy

The Cooper flows south from Katy across a fertile floodplain and the pine forests of Northern West Monroe. The Cooper meets the Knox and Louis Bayous to form Lake Mynatt, which was formed by a dam in 1935, between Leesville and Louisville.

From Lake Mynatt, the Cooper takes a more southwestern course though Lee and Washington counties, before flowing through downtown Shelby, the river featuring a riverwalk in town. From Shelby to the mouth of the river, the Cooper is largely channelized as it enterers the suburbs of Willmington. In Freemont County, after flowing past Willmington Carter International Airport, the river largely forms the city limits between Bishop on the south bank, and Ferris and Willmington on the north bank. South of the Interstate 10 and Ibican Route 2 bridges, the river opens into a wider, dredged estuary hosting the Port of Willmington and Willmington Navy Yard. At its mouth on the Gulf of Monroe, West Monroe State Highway 1 also tunnels under the river.

Tributaries

Crossings

County	Town	Carrying
Freemont	Willmington/Bishop Line	State Highway 1
		Urban Road 1
		Loop 190
	Ferris/Bishop Line	Interstate 10
		Ibican Route 2
		Spur 421
	Willmington	Rural Road 67
		Interstate 610
		State Highway 7
Shelby	Shelby	Loop 8
		State Highway 54
		State Highway 105
Washington		State Highway 34
Washington		Rural Road 82
Lee		State Highway 24
	Southlake	Ibican Route 64
		State Highway 189
		State Highway 213
Cameron/Webb line	Alta	State Highway 4
Cameron/Brooks line	Beaverton	Ibican Route 59
	Mansfield	State Highway 130
	Abilene/Mansfield Line	Urban Road 7
	Abilene/Mansfield Line	Interstate 30
		State Highway 125/Rural Road 26
Brooks/Baylor line	Richfield	State Highway 125
Walker/Baylor line	Wilkesville	State Highway 46
Walker/Baylor line	Vinton	State Highway 245
Walker	Katy	State Highway 89
Walker	Katy	Interstate 25

Template:Waters of West Monroe

v t e Rivers of Ibica
Drains to the Bay of Albion	Adams River Albion River Charles River Helveston River Lark River Rains River Smith River Suffolk River Turner River Quin River Baton Rouge River Calahan River Brady River Stamford River Hamilton River Highlands River Mobile River Berkleigh River Robbins River Chambers River Roebuck River St. Clarke River Jordan River Underwood River Vermont River Thomas River
Drains to the Gulf of Monroe	Amity River Wilkinson Bayou Apple River Austin River Cooper River Knox Bayou Louis Bayou Cypress River Dawson River Feare River Kaylie River Rock Creek Young River Franklin River Hampton River Hopkins River Kelly Creek Hays Bayou Kimber River Liberty River Marion River Royal River Runnels River Madison River Adams Bayou Albany River Campion River Carson Bayou Charlotte River Georgia River Live Oak River Meridan River Martin Bayou Menard River Panamor River Bailey River Cow Creek Eustice River Lee River Pinewood Bayou Rodgers Bayou Trent River Ryann River St. Cloud River Taylor River Travis Bayou Victoria River Austin Bayou Pratt Bayou Zaragoza River
Drains to the Bosphorus Ocean	Buena Vista River Cameron River Formosa River Hale River Stone River Carpenter River Childress River Autumn River Clay River DeSoto River Elizabeth River Ferndale River Faulkner River Troy River French River Kitt River Williams River
Drains to the Bay of Romane	Alexandria River Cartier River Natchez River Romane River Loreal River Willow River
Drains to the Black Sea	Columbia River

v t e State of West Monroe
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Cities	List of municipalities in West Monroe
Counties	See: List of Counties in West Monroe
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Cooper River

Course

Tributaries

Crossings

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