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The Deep South or the Lower South is a cultural and geographic subregion of the Southern United States.The term was first used to describe the states which were most economically dependent on plantations and slavery, specifically Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina.
U.S. Bureau of Land Management map showing the principal meridians in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. Saint Helena meridian (French: méridian de Sainte-Hélène) begins at the initial point of the Washington meridian, in latitude 31° north, and longitude 91° 09′ 15″ west of Greenwich, passing one mile east of Baton Rouge, extends south to the Mississippi River, and governs the ...
U.S. Bureau of Land Management map showing the principal meridians of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. The Louisiana meridian, in longitude 92° 24′ 15″ west of Greenwich, extends from the Gulf of Mexico to the north boundary of Louisiana, and with the baseline through the initial point conforming to the parallel of 31° north latitude, governs all the surveys in the state west of the ...
Primarily from the United States Government Printing Office Style Manual. [1] State names usually signify only parts of each listed state, unless otherwise indicated. Based on the BLM manual's 1973 publication date, and the reference to Clarke's Spheroid of 1866 in section 2-82, coordinates appear to be in the NAD27 datum.
NOAA map of the 3,856 oil and gas platforms extant off the Gulf Coast in 2006. The Gulf Coast is a major center of economic activity. The marshlands along the Louisiana and Texas coasts provide breeding grounds and nurseries for ocean life that drive the fishing and shrimping industries.
Interstate 59 (I-59) is an Interstate Highway located in the southeastern United States. It is a north–south route that spans 445.23 miles (716.53 km) from a junction with I-10 and I-12 at Slidell, Louisiana, to a junction with I-24 near Wildwood, Georgia.
During the American Civil War, the Confederate States of America consisted of the southeastern states of Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, Tennessee, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Louisiana, and Arkansas. Texas was a Confederate State that isn't defined as part of the southeast region.
Alabama: Florida: Georgia: Marker on Chattahoochee riverbank is actually a few feet above and west of true tripoint at high-water line. [2] Alabama: Georgia: Tennessee: Tri-State Corner. Marker on dry land at surface level and unmarked on lake in cavern directly below.