Atchafalaya
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Administration officials joined their state counterparts in the Atchafalaya National Wildlife Refuge recently to tout the efforts.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 17, 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
Such an avulsion would be catastrophic for trade on the Mississippi River, and could overrun many low-lying regions of the Atchafalaya.
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
This fortunate stroke gave the mastery of the Atchafalaya into Cooke's hands with nothing save Butte-à-la-Rose and two feeble gunboats to hinder his taking possession.
From History of the Nineteenth Army Corps by Richard B. (Richard Biddle) Irwin
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