Atchafalaya
Americannoun
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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
Morgan City’s visitor center might serve as such a spot for the Atchafalaya Basin, as could the Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve for the Barataria Basin, he said.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 22, 2021
Army Corps of Engineers has for a century fought the river's urge to flow into the Atchafalaya River, which was the Mississippi's main channel until a few thousand years ago.
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
Thence he proceeded down the Atchafalaya to Brashear, and so by rail to New Orleans.
From History of the Nineteenth Army Corps by Irwin, Richard B. (Richard Biddle)
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