Mississippi River Delta
The Mississippi River Delta is the confluence of the Mississippi River with the Gulf of Mexico in Louisiana, southeastern United States. The river delta is a three-million-acre (4,700 sq mi; 12,000 km2) area of land that stretches from Vermilion Bay on the west, to the Chandeleur Islands in the east, on Louisiana's southeastern coast.[1] It is part of the Gulf of Mexico and the Louisiana coastal plain, one of the largest areas of coastal wetlands in the United States.[2] The Mississippi River Delta is the seventh-largest river delta on Earth.[3]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Couvillion, B.R.; Barras, J.A.; Steyer, G.D.; Sleavin, William; Fischer, Michelle; Beck, Holly; Trahan, Nadine; Griffin, Brad; Heckman, David (2011). "Land area change in coastal Louisiana from 1932 to 2010". U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map 3164. Retrieved 17 March 2025. Scale 1:265,000, 12 p. pamphlet.
- ↑ Louisiana's Coastal Area. "Ecosystem Restoration." LCA – Louisiana Coastal Area. "LCA - Louisiana Coastal Area". Archived from the original on May 21, 2014. Retrieved 2014-05-20.
- ↑ "Definition of DELTA". www.merriam-webster.com. Archived from the original on 2015-01-10.
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