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10 59 10 10 49 55 10 12 12 510 310 110 610 308 182 1 1 1 23 45 47 46 24 13 20 3134 90 90 90 90 190 190 BR 90 BR 90 LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN LAKE MAUREPAS LAKE BORGNE LAKE SALVADOR WHITE LAKE VERMILION BAY ATCHAFALAYA BAY BRETON SOUND CHANDELEUR SOUND TERREBONNE BAY CAILLOU BAY TIMBALIER BAY LITTLE LAKE BARATARIA BAY WEST COTE BLANCHE BAY EAST COTE BLANCHE BAY M I S S I S S I P P I S O U N D M i s s i s s i p p i R i v e r A t c h a f a l a y a R i v e r B a y o u Te c h e B a y o u L a f o u r c h e B a y o u L a fourche P e a r l Ri v er Ri v e r A m i t e R i v e r Ta n g i p a h o a LAKE VERRET LAC DES ALLEMANDS G u l f o f M e x i c o Gulf Islands National Seashore Eunice Crowley Opelousas New Iberia Donaldsonville Hammond Covington Mandeville Slidell Bay St Louis Gulfport Biloxi Picayune Plaquemine Lafayette New Orleans Baton Rouge Thibodaux Pointe a la Hache Golden Meadow Lafitte Houma Raceland Morgan City Franklin Venice Buras Grand Isle Mississippi River sediment plume Atchafalaya River sediment plume MISSISSIPPI LOUISIA N A Atchafalaya delta A growing “birdfoot” delta at Mississippi’s end reaches into the Gulf 0 0 25 Kilometers 25 Miles North Cities and towns Agriculture (formerly prairie and forest) Forest Swamp forest Marsh Acadian Cultural Center Prairie Acadian Cultural Center Wetlands Acadian Cultural Center Barataria Preserve French Quarter Visitor Center Chalmette Battlefield M i s s issip p i R i v e r New Orleans 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 LOUISIANA 3,500–2,500 years ago 2,600–1,500 years ago 1,500–700 years ago 1,200–500 years ago 500–present
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LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN
LAKEMAUREPAS
LAKE BORGNE
LAKESALVADORWHITE
LAKEVERMILION
BAY
ATCHAFALAYA BAY
BRETONSOUND
CHANDELEURSOUND
TERREBONNEBAY CAILLOU
BAY
TIMBALIERBAY
LITTLELAKE
BARATARIABAY
WEST COTEBLANCHE BAY
EAST COTEBLANCHE BAY
M I S S I S S I P P I S O U N D
M i s s i s s i p p i R i v e r
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Bayou Teche
Bayou L
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Bayou Lafourche
Pe
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River
Amite
River
Tangipahoa
LAKEVERRET
LACDESALLEMANDS
G u l f o f M e x i c o
Gulf IslandsNational Seashore
Eunice
Crowley
Opelousas
NewIberia
Donaldsonville
Hammond Covington
Mandeville
Slidell
Bay St Louis
GulfportBiloxi
Picayune
Plaquemine
Lafayette
New Orleans
BatonRouge
Thibodaux
Pointe a la Hache
Golden Meadow
Lafitte
Houma
Raceland
Morgan City
Franklin
Venice
Buras
Grand Isle
Mississippi Riversediment plume
Atchafalaya Riversediment plume
MISSISSIPPI
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Atchafalaya delta
A growing “birdfoot”delta at Mississippi’s endreaches into the Gulf
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Prairie AcadianCultural Center
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French QuarterVisitor Center
Chalmette Battlefield
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L O U I S I A N A
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500–present
