Bayou Meto

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{{Infobox river

| name =Bayou Meto

| image =Bayou_Meto.jpg

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| image_caption =Bayou Meto flowing through Henton Township

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| subdivision_type1 = Country

| subdivision_name1 = United States

| subdivision_type2 = State

| subdivision_name2 = Arkansas

| source1_location = Wilson Hill, Faulkner County

| source1_coordinates= {{coord|35.001035|-92.28482|region:US-AR|name=Bayou Meta source}}

| mouth_location = Arkansas River

| mouth_coordinates = {{coord|34.081133|-91.443243|region:US-AR|name=Bayou Meta mouth|display=inline,title}}

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|length_mi=150

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| river_system = Mississippi River

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Bayou Meto is a tributary of the Arkansas River in the U.S. state of Arkansas.{{cite gnis|76258|Bayou Meto}} Its headwaters are at Wilson Hill, in Faulkner County, Arkansas a few miles east of Camp Robinson State Wildlife Management Area. Bayou Meto meanders {{convert|150|mi|km|sp=us|abbr=off}} southeast, feeding into the Arkansas River a few miles southwest of Gillett, in Arkansas County, Arkansas.{{cite web | title = Wildlife Management Area Details: Bayou Meto WMA | publisher = Arkansas Game and Fish Commission | url = http://www.agfc.com/hunting/Pages/wmaDetails.aspx?show=010 | accessdate = 31 December 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130706070054/http://www.agfc.com/hunting/Pages/wmaDetails.aspx?show=010 | archive-date = 2013-07-06 | url-status = dead}}{{cite encyclopedia | last = Lancaster | first = Guy | title = Bayou Meto | encyclopedia = Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture | publisher = Central Arkansas Library System | date = 2009 | url = http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=2445}}

Bayou Meto is a habitat for a wide variety of fish, waterfowl, mammals and reptiles.