Atchafalaya River

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The Atchafalaya River is a major distributary of the Mississippi River in south-central Louisiana, forming one of North America’s largest river swamps and an important navigation and flood-control channel.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Atchafalaya River canonical 18
Atchafalaya River Delta 1
Old River 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf distributary ⓘ
river ⓘ
basinCountry United States ⓘ
cityOnRiver Krotz Springs, Louisiana ⓘ
Morgan City, Louisiana ⓘ
Simmesport, Louisiana ⓘ
connectedTo Mississippi River ⓘ
Red River of the South ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
crossedBy Atchafalaya Basin Bridge ⓘ
Interstate 10 ⓘ
distributaryOf Mississippi River ⓘ
Red River of the South ⓘ
ecoregion Atchafalaya Basin swamp ⓘ
linked to: Atchafalaya Basin
flowsThrough Assumption Parish ⓘ
Atchafalaya Basin ⓘ
Avoyelles Parish ⓘ
Iberia Parish ⓘ
Pointe Coupee Parish ⓘ
St. Landry Parish ⓘ
St. Martin Parish ⓘ
St. Mary Parish ⓘ
Terrebonne Parish ⓘ
forms Atchafalaya Basin ⓘ
one of North America’s largest river swamps ⓘ
hasStructure Atchafalaya River levee system ⓘ
Morganza Spillway ⓘ
Old River Control Structure ⓘ
Wax Lake Outlet ⓘ
knownFor extensive cypress-tupelo swamps ⓘ
large sediment load ⓘ
rapid delta growth at its mouth ⓘ
rich biodiversity ⓘ
length approximately 170 miles ⓘ
approximately 270 kilometers ⓘ
locatedIn Louisiana ⓘ
south-central Louisiana ⓘ
majorUse commercial shipping ⓘ
fisheries ⓘ
flood-control channel ⓘ
navigation channel ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
managedBy U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ⓘ
mouthLocation Atchafalaya Bay ⓘ
Gulf of Mexico ⓘ
partOf Atchafalaya Basin ⓘ
Mississippi River and Tributaries Project ⓘ
riverSystem Mississippi River system ⓘ
state Louisiana ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (20)

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

Red River of the South → tributaryOf → Atchafalaya River ⓘ
Louisiana Gulf Coast → contains → Atchafalaya River Delta ⓘ
linked to: Atchafalaya River
Atchafalaya Basin → drainageBasinOf → Atchafalaya River ⓘ
Marksville site → overlooks → Old River ⓘ
linked to: Atchafalaya River
Southwestern Louisiana → hasRiver → Atchafalaya River ⓘ
Louisiana Highway 1 → crosses → Atchafalaya River ⓘ
Morgan City → locatedOnRiver → Atchafalaya River ⓘ
U.S. Route 190 → crosses → Atchafalaya River ⓘ
Pointe Coupee Parish → bordersWaterBody → Atchafalaya River ⓘ
Morgan City, Louisiana → locatedOnWaterway → Atchafalaya River ⓘ
US 90 → crosses → Atchafalaya River ⓘ
Mississippi–Louisiana region → majorRiver → Atchafalaya River ⓘ