The Mississippi Delta, also known as the Yazoo–Mississippi Delta, or simply the Delta, is the northwest section of the U.S. state of Mississippi that lies between the Mississippi and Yazoo rivers. The
The shared flood plain of the Yazoo and Mississippi rivers
Belmont Plantation in Wayside, Mississippi.
A typical meal of fried catfish filets paired with hushpuppies, pinto beans, cornbread, and hot sauce.
Mississippi State Penitentiary
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 area of land that stret
Mississippi Delta
…river delta at the mouth of the Mississippi on the Gulf Coast lies some 300 miles (480 km) south of this area in Louisiana, and is referred to as the Mississippi River Delta. Rather, the Mississippi Delta is part of an alluvial plain, created by regular flooding of the Mississippi and Yazoo rivers during prehistory era. The…
False-color image of the larger Mississippi River Delta, April 2000
2001 image of the active delta front before Hurricanes Katrina and Rita destroyed much of the delta in 2005
The Mississippi River Delta, showing the sediment plumes from the Mississippi and Atchafalaya Rivers, 2001.
Mississippi Delta lobes. Salé-Cypremort 4,600 years BP Cocodrie 4,600–3,500 years BP Teche 3,500–2,800 years BP St. Bernard 2,800–1,000 years BP Lafourche 1,000–300 years BP Plaquemine 750–500 years BP Balize 550 years