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Pages in category "Wetlands and bayous of Louisiana" The following 46 pages are in this category, out of 46 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Bayou Pierre is a partially man-made bayou and ancient course of the Red River [1] in Louisiana, United States.It is a tributary of the Red River originating from an ancient bend of the Red River at Coate's Bluff (Wright Island) in Shreveport, LA [2] (now blocked off by a levee to prevent the Red River from flooding into Bayou Pierre) and merging west from the town of Clarence, Louisiana. [3]
Pearl River. Bogue Chitto River; The Rigolets. Lake St. Catherine. Lake Pontchartrain. Lacombe Bayou; Tchefuncte River. Bogue Falaya. Abita River; Tangipahoa River
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]
Avoyelles Parish 12,983 Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Hutchinson Creek Wildlife Management Area St. Helena: 129 Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries J. C. "Sonny" Gilbert Wildlife Management Area (former Sicily Island Hills WMA) [13] Catahoula Parish 7,524 Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries:
Cross Bayou is a 38.0-mile-long (61.2 km) [2] river in Texas and Louisiana. It is a tributary of the Red River , part of the Mississippi River watershed . It rises in southeastern Harrison County, Texas , 15 miles (24 km) southeast of Marshall , and flows east into Caddo Parish, Louisiana .
The Louisiana Natural and Scenic Rivers System was established in 1970, administered by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, and includes approximately 3000 miles of waterways. [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
The fauna of Louisiana is characterized by the region's low swamplands, bayous, creeks, woodlands, coastal marshlands and beaches, and barrier islands covering an estimated 20,000 square miles (52,000 square kilometers), corresponding to 40 percent of Louisiana's total land area.