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Atchafalaya

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Atchafalaya (əchă`fəlī'ə), navigable river, c.170 mi (270 km) long, S central La. The Atchafalaya meanders south, in a former channel of the Mississippi, to the Gulf of Mexico. A distributary of the Red and Mississippi rivers, the Atchafalaya flows to the Gulf through an extensive system of guide levees and floodways. Important to the agriculture and energy industries of the region, the system serves as a flood control for the lower Mississippi, especially around New Orleans.


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ABSTRACT Plants cut by wild swamp rabbits (Sylvilagus aquaticus) were noted in the Atchafalaya Basin, Louisiana during summer 1994 and winter 1995.
 
 
 
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