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The mean astronomical tide in Lake Maurepas is approximately 0.15 m (6 in). However, greater tidal amplitude is associated with meteorological events (i.e. winds) that influence both Lake Pontchartrain and Lake Maurepas. That results in interesting patterns of tidal exchange and, presumably, in situ mixing on weekly and fortnightly time
New River; Old River (Natchitoches Parish) Old River (Louisiana), in Pointe Coupee and West Feliciana parishes; ... USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Louisiana (1974)
English: New Orleans was founded in 1718 by Jean Baptiste le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville, governor of the French colony of Louisiana. Bienville named the town after Philippe, Duke of Orléans, regent for King Louis XV.
1880 map of the Isle of Orleans. Île d'Orléans (French for "Isle of Orleans") was the historic name for the New Orleans area, in present-day Louisiana, U.S.A.. In 1762, France, anticipating that Great Britain would take Louisiana at the end of the French and Indian War, in the Treaty of Fontainebleau transferred to Spain all of Louisiana west of the Mississippi River, as well as a newly ...
Melanie Winter has long advocated for change along the L.A. River. As she undergoes cancer treatment, she remains focused on healing L.A.'s relationship to water.
Bayou St. John (French: Bayou Saint-Jean) is a bayou within the city of New Orleans, Louisiana. [1]The grand Bayou St. John in 1728. The Bayou as a natural feature drained the swampy land of a good portion of what was to become New Orleans, into Lake Pontchartrain.
New Orleans is facing a drinking water crisis amid a saltwater intrusion on the quickly shrinking Mississippi River. Local water resources in south Louisiana are being strained as saltwater from ...
Algiers Point is a location on the Lower Mississippi River in New Orleans, Louisiana. In river pilotage, Algiers Point is one of the many points of land around which the river flows—albeit a significant one. Since the 1970s, the name Algiers Point has also referred to the neighborhood in the immediate vicinity of that point.