Metairie Ridge

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Metairie Ridge is a natural levee and elevated landform in the New Orleans metropolitan area that historically provided higher, drier ground for development and burial sites.

All labels observed (3)

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Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf elevated landform ⓘ
natural levee ⓘ
associatedWith Metairie Cemetery ⓘ
Metairie Road ⓘ
Old Metairie neighborhood ⓘ
linked to: Old Metairie
contrastWith surrounding backswamp areas ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
culturalSignificance shaped historic road alignments in Jefferson Parish ⓘ
traditional location for elite burial grounds ⓘ
elevationRelativeToSurroundings higher ⓘ
environmentalCharacteristic less prone to flooding than adjacent low-lying areas ⓘ
formedBy overbank deposition of Mississippi River sediments ⓘ
geologicalOrigin natural levee of an abandoned Mississippi River channel ⓘ
geomorphologicalType fluvial levee ridge ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn zoning and land-use patterns in Metairie and Old Metairie ⓘ
hasSoilCharacteristic comparatively sandy and better drained than nearby clays ⓘ
historicalImportance provided early settlers with habitable ground above wetlands ⓘ
historicalUse burial sites ⓘ
residential development ⓘ
transportation corridor ⓘ
hydrologicalRole flood-protected corridor ⓘ
influencedDevelopmentOf Metairie, Louisiana ⓘ
linked to: Metairie
influencedSettlementPatternsIn Greater New Orleans area ⓘ
inRegion Gulf Coast ⓘ
locatedIn Jefferson Parish ⓘ
Louisiana ⓘ
New Orleans metropolitan area ⓘ
Orleans Parish ⓘ
near City of New Orleans ⓘ
linked to: New Orleans

Lake Pontchartrain ⓘ
partOf Mississippi River natural levee system ⓘ
natural levee ridges around New Orleans ⓘ
relativeLocation parallel to Lake Pontchartrain shoreline ⓘ
west of historic core of New Orleans ⓘ
riskProfile lower flood risk than adjacent low-lying neighborhoods ⓘ
terrainCharacteristic well-drained ⓘ
topographicRole natural spine for urban development west of New Orleans ⓘ
transportationAxisFor Metairie Road corridor ⓘ
linked to: Metairie Road
urbanRole axis of early suburban expansion from New Orleans ⓘ
location of higher-value real estate relative to nearby lowlands ⓘ
usedFor cemeteries ⓘ
commercial corridors ⓘ
residential neighborhoods ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Metairie Cemetery → locatedIn → Metairie Ridge ⓘ
Jefferson Parish → contains → Metairie Terrace ⓘ
linked to: Metairie Ridge
Metairie Road → hasNearbyFeature → Metairie Ridge (historic natural levee area) ⓘ
linked to: Metairie Ridge