Atchafalaya

American  

[uh-chaf-uh-lahy-uh] / əˌtʃæf əˈlaɪ ə /

noun

1. a river in S central Louisiana, flowing S to an inlet Atchafalaya Bay on the Gulf of Mexico; a heavily engineered distributary of the Mississippi. 225 miles (362 km).

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Example Sentences

A state trooper pulled Davis over June 28 on the Atchafalaya Basin Bridge along Interstate 10 west of Baton Rouge.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 9, 2022

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

It allows the Mississippi to send 30% of its water into the Atchafalaya while holding onto most of its sediment.

From Science Magazine • May 13, 2021

Storm surge warnings were in effect from the mouth of the Atchafalaya River to Navarre, Fla., and in Lake Borgne, Lake Pontchartrain, Pensacola Bay and Mobile Bay.

From Fox News • Oct. 28, 2020

However, this concentration became unnecessary and was given up the instant Smith learned that Banks had crossed the Atchafalaya and the Mississippi and had sat down before Port Hudson.

From History of the Nineteenth Army Corps by Irwin, Richard B. (Richard Biddle)