Bayou Lafourche
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Bayou Lafourche, originally called Chetimachas River or La Fourche des Chetimaches, is a 106-mile-long bayou in southeastern Louisiana, United States, that flows into the Gulf of Mexico. It was former
The intersection of Bayou Lafourche and the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway at Larose, Louisiana. View is to the east-southeast. The bayou runs off towards the Gulf at the top. The waterway crosses the picture left–right. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has installed a floodgate on the bayou, visible at center.
Riverboat on Bayou Lafourche.
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In usage in the Southern United States, a bayou is a body of water typically found in a flat, low-lying area. It may refer to an extremely slow-moving stream, marshy lake, or wetland. They typically c
Bayou Lafourche
…Bayou Lafourche ( lə-FOOSH), originally called Chetimachas River or La Fourche des Chetimaches (the fork of the Chitimacha), is a 106-mile-long (171 km) bayou in southeastern Louisiana, United States, that flows into the Gulf of Mexico. It was formerly a natural distributary of the Mississippi River; its…
The Atchafalaya Basin, located in Louisiana, contains several bayous.