Atchafalaya
Americannoun
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The reason: Less rainfall in the Midwest is expected to again keep the flow of the Mississippi and Atchafalaya rivers’ freshwater below normal levels well into the summer, The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate reported.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 6, 2023
When it rains, excess nutrients — mostly nitrogen and phosphorus from Midwest farm and livestock operations — wash into the Mississippi and Atchafalaya rivers.
From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2021
“Without this engineering, the Atchafalaya would have captured the majority of the flow from the Mississippi by now,” Ganti says.
From Science Magazine ● May 13, 2021
Gov. John Bel Edwards and other officials signed an agreement in April to create a center at Nicholls to study the effects of land loss in the Terrebonne and Atchafalaya Basins.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 8, 2021
Reconnoissances, conducted by Lieutenant Harwood, in the course of which the enemy's cavalry was seen but not engaged, showed the roads from the Atchafalaya to Waterloo to be practicable for all arms.
From History of the Nineteenth Army Corps by Richard B. (Richard Biddle) Irwin
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