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Bayous are commonly found in the Gulf Coast region of the southern United States, especially in the Mississippi River Delta, though they also exist elsewhere. A bayou is often an anabranch or minor braid of a braided channel that is slower than the mainstem, often becoming boggy and stagnant.
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.
Bayou Teche was the Mississippi River's main course when it developed a delta about 2,800 to 4,500 years ago. Through a natural process known as deltaic switching , the river's deposits of silt and sediment cause the Mississippi to change its course every thousand years or so.
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).
Buffalo Bayou is a slow-moving river which flows through Houston in Harris County, Texas.Formed 18,000 years ago, it has its source in the prairie surrounding Katy, Fort Bend County, and flows approximately 53 miles (85 km) east through the Houston Ship Channel into Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico. [2]
The Chitimacha established their villages in the many swamps, bayous, and rivers of the Atchafalaya Basin, "one of the richest inland estuaries on the continent." [3] They knew this area intimately. The site conditions provided them with a natural defense against enemy attack and made these villages almost impregnable.
Slower flows also mean rivers have less power to move sediment, made up of dirt and small rocks. This has big impacts further downstream as sediment is vital to build river deltas, which provide ...
Nezpique River (locally pronounced / ˈ n ɛ p ə k eɪ /, translated to "tattooed nose bayou" [1]) is a small river located in the Mermentau River basin of south Louisiana, USA. The river is 70 miles (110 km) long and is navigable by small shallow-draft boats for 23 miles (37 km) of lower course.