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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]
After first appearing in the 17th century, the term is found in 18th century accounts and maps, often as bayouc or bayouque, where it was eventually shortened to its current form. [3] The first settlements of the Bayou Têche and other bayous were founded by the Louisiana Creoles, and the bayous are commonly associated with Creole and Cajun ...
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]
Pages in category "Wetlands and bayous of Louisiana" The following 46 pages are in this category, out of 46 total. ... Black Bayou Lake National Wildlife Refuge;
The Vermilion River (or the Bayou Vermilion, French: Rivière Vermilion) is a 70.0-mile-long (112.7 km) [2] bayou in southern Louisiana in the United States.It is formed on the common boundary of Lafayette and St. Martin parishes by a confluence of small bayous flowing from St. Landry Parish, and flows generally southward through Lafayette and Vermilion parishes, past the cities of Lafayette ...
Lacombe Bayou; Tchefuncte River. Bogue Falaya. ... Old River (Louisiana), ... USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Louisiana (1974)
The Louisiana Natural and Scenic Rivers System was established in 1970, ... Bayou Bartholomew - 080401; ... Louisiana Natural and Scenic Rivers Descriptions and Map
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).