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The bayou begins near Lafayette and forms the natural boundary separating Lafayette Parish and Acadia Parish to the west and Acadia Parish and Vermilion Parish to the south. [3] The area was first settled by the Attakapa Indian tribe. Bayou Queue de Tortue is believed to have been named for Chief Celestine La Tortue of the Attakapas nation. [4]
The Vermilion River (or the Bayou Vermilion, French: Rivière Vermillon) 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 ...
Lafayette, Louisiana is part of the Gulf Coastal Plain region of the United States and is located at coordinates 30°12′50″N 92°01′46″W. [1] It has an elevation of 36 feet (11.0 m). [2] One of the physical characteristics of the geography include many streams that drain the parish.
In 2010, [17] the U.S. Census Bureau reported there were 273,738 people, 89,536 households, and 61,826 families residing within metropolitan Lafayette. From 2010 to 2015, the Lafayette metropolitan area outpaced the Shreveport–Bossier City metropolitan area in North Louisiana by population, becoming the third largest metropolitan area in the state.
The Lafayette metropolitan area was Louisiana's third largest metropolitan statistical area with a population of 478,384 at the 2020 census. [6] The Acadiana region containing Lafayette is the largest population and economic corridor between Houston, Texas and New Orleans.
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]
Pearl River. Bogue Chitto River; The Rigolets. Lake St. Catherine. Lake Pontchartrain. Lacombe Bayou; Tchefuncte River. Bogue Falaya. Abita River; Tangipahoa River
Bayou Teche (Louisiana French: Bayou Têche) is a 125-mile-long (201 km) [1] waterway in south central Louisiana in the United States. Bayou Teche was the Mississippi River 's main course when it developed a delta about 2,800 to 4,500 years ago.