🔍 Key Concepts

• Sequence of river mile markers and gages between your starting point and downstream locations • Relative positions of Bayou Sara, Red River Landing, Baton Rouge, and Head of Passes along the Lower Mississippi River • How to use river charts or mileage tables to determine which gage you encounter first after departure

💭 Think About

• From the usual starting point for this exam question, which gage is located closest in river miles once you get underway? • Are any of these gages located farther downriver toward the Gulf and therefore would not be first? • Can you mentally arrange these locations in upriver-to-downriver order to see which appears immediately after departure?

✅ Before You Answer

• Verify the upriver-to-downriver order of Bayou Sara, Red River Landing, Baton Rouge, and Head of Passes on a river chart or mile reference • Confirm which location is nearest to your assumed point of departure in river miles • Be sure you are thinking about “first gage passed after getting underway”, not the most familiar or largest city name