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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. Category:Wetlands and bayous of Louisiana - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. Category:Swamps of Louisiana - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Swamps of Louisiana" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.

  6. List of Louisiana Wildlife Management Areas - Wikipedia

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    Louisiana is divided into areas called ecoregions, West Gulf Coast Plain (WGCP) with 370,861 acres, East Gulf Coast Plain (EGCP) with 198,377 acres, Mississippi Alluvial Valley - North (MAVN) with 128,736 acres, and the Mississippi Alluvial Valley - South (MAVS) with 257,999 acres.

  7. Bayou - Wikipedia

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    Bayou Corne in Louisiana, October 2010. In usage in the Southern United States, a bayou (/ ˈ b aɪ. uː, ˈ b aɪ. oʊ /) [1] is a body of water typically found in a flat, low-lying area. It may refer to an extremely slow-moving stream, river (often with a poorly defined shoreline), marshy lake, wetland, or creek.

  8. Honey Island Swamp - Wikipedia

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    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.

  9. Bayou Lafourche - Wikipedia

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    Bayou Lafourche (/ l ə ˈ f uː ʃ / lə-FOOSH [1]), originally called Chetimachas River [2] or La Fourche des Chetimaches [3] (the fork of the Chitimacha), is a 106-mile-long (171 km) [4] bayou in southeastern Louisiana, United States, that flows into the Gulf of Mexico.