Simplify the following text for a Grade 7 native English-speaking person.
Original: Artibonite is one of the ten departments ( French : dÃ partments , singular dÃ partment ) of Haiti . It is named Artibonite because the Artibonite river flows across the department from east to west .
Simplified: Artibonite is one of the ten departments ( French : dÃ partements ) of Haiti .