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The lake receives fresh water from four river systems: Blind River, Amite River, Tickfaw River, and the Natalbany River. The average freshwater input to Lake Maurepas from these rivers and other minor terrestrial sources is less than 3,400 cubic feet per second (96 m 3 /s) (CWPPRA Environmental Workgroup, 2001).
The bayou is flanked by Louisiana Highway 1 on the west and Louisiana Highway 308 on the east, and is known as "the longest Main Street in the world." [5] It flows through parts of Ascension, Assumption, and Lafourche parishes. Today, approximately 300,000 Louisiana residents drink water drawn from the bayou. [6]
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]
Bayou Manchac is an 18-mile-long (29 km) [1] bayou in southeast Louisiana, USA.First called the Iberville River ("rivière d'Iberville") by its French discoverers, [2] [3] the bayou was once a very important waterway linking the Mississippi River (west end) to the Amite River (east end).
Coldest: Decatur, Alabama. The northern part of the state holds the city with the lowest average temperature: Decatur. It gets down to an average of only 50 degrees during the year.
Similarly to the rest of Louisiana, the Sound experiences a semitropical climate. [1] The average water temperatures range from 70˚F to 84˚F (21–29°C) by month and the humidity ranges between 73% and 84%. Due to the humidity, clouds often form overhead, reducing the amount of daily sunlight that the area receives to as little as 4 hours. [2]
Residents of Lake Charles, Louisiana, are now picking up the pieces from a fourth significant weather event in less than a year. Blue tarps still cover a handful of damaged roofs in the area after ...
Lake Borgne [right center] is southeast of Lake Pontchartrain and east of New Orleans, Louisiana. Coastal erosion has transformed Borgne into a lagoon connecting to the Gulf of Mexico. Early 18th-century maps show Borgne as a true lake, largely separated from the gulf by a considerable extent of wetlands that have since disappeared.