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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 ...
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]
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 ...
The Port of South Louisiana is the largest port in the U.S. by tonnage and the fourth largest in the world, exporting more than 52 million tons a year of which more than half are agricultural products. [29] It is estimated that Louisiana's river ports supply around 270,000 jobs and bring over $32.9 billion annually to the state's economy. [29]
An aerial view of the Atchafalaya Swamp, the largest swamp in the U.S. [3] Much of the state's lands were formed from sediment washed down the Mississippi River, leaving enormous deltas and vast areas of coastal marsh and swamp. The northern parts of Louisiana mostly consist of woodlands which are home to deer, squirrels, rabbits, bears ...
The largest marsh restoration project in Louisiana's history is rebuilding nearly three-thousand acres of marsh in a St. Bernard Parish lake. Plans are on the books to bring the process to ...
Swamp in southern Louisiana. The Atchafalaya Swamp at the lower end of the Mississippi River is the largest swamp in the United States. It is an important example of the southern cypress swamp [25] but it has been greatly altered by logging, drainage, and levee construction. [26]
Swamps of Louisiana (7 P) Pages in category "Wetlands and bayous of Louisiana" The following 46 pages are in this category, out of 46 total.
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