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  2. Wetlands of Louisiana - Wikipedia

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    Atchafalaya Basin. The wetlands of Louisiana are water-saturated coastal and swamp regions of southern Louisiana, often called "Bayou".. The Louisiana coastal zone stretches from the border of Texas to the Mississippi line [1] and comprises two wetland-dominated ecosystems, the Deltaic Plain of the Mississippi River (unit 1, 2, and 3) and the closely linked Chenier Plain (unit 4). [2]

  3. Atchafalaya Basin - Wikipedia

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    A swamp in the Atchafalaya Basin. The Atchafalaya Basin, or Atchafalaya Swamp (/ ə ˌ tʃ æ f ə ˈ l aɪ ə /; Louisiana French: Atchafalaya, [atʃafalaˈja]), is the largest wetland and swamp in the United States. Located in south central Louisiana, it is a combination of wetlands and river delta area where the Atchafalaya River and the ...

  4. Bayou Bienvenue - Wikipedia

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    Bayou Bienvenue is a 12.1-mile-long (19.5 km) [1] bayou and "ghost swamp" [2] in southeastern Louisiana.It runs along the political border between Orleans Parish and St. Bernard Parish to the east of New Orleans.

  5. Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge - Wikipedia

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    Waterbirds in a wetlands management area of Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge. An enormous wading bird rookery can be found in the swamps of the refuge from May until July, while tens of thousands of waterfowl winter in its marshes. The brown pelican is a year-round resident of southeast Louisiana. The number of nesting brown pelicans has ...

  6. Bayou Segnette State Park - Wikipedia

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    Bayou Segnette State Park is located in Westwego, Jefferson Parish, southwest of New Orleans, Louisiana, on the west bank of the Mississippi River.. Bayou Segnette is not far from the urban center of New Orleans, yet it features access to two types of wetlands, swamp and marsh.

  7. Bayou St. John - Wikipedia

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    Bayou St. John (French: Bayou Saint-Jean) is a bayou within the city of New Orleans, Louisiana. [1] The grand Bayou St. John in 1728. The Bayou as a natural feature drained the swampy land of a good portion of what was to become New Orleans, into Lake Pontchartrain.

  8. Lake Maurepas - Wikipedia

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    Initially, the Richard King Mellon Foundation donated 61,633 acres (249.42 km 2) to the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) for the Maurepas Swamp WMA. Subsequent acquisitions and donations have brought the total to 122,098 acres (494.11 km 2). The Louisiana Department of Wildlife & Fisheries has noted that the swamp would ...

  9. Honey Island Swamp - Wikipedia

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    Honey Island Swamp. The Honey Island Swamp (French: Marais de l'Île-de-Miel, Spanish: Pantano de Isla de la Miel) is a marshland located in the eastern portion of the U.S. state of Louisiana in St. Tammany Parish. Honey Island earned its name due to the abundance of honey bees once seen on a nearby isle. [1]

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