Atchafalaya Watershed
The Most Productive Freshwater* System in North America: The Atchafalaya Drainage Basin
*The Atchafalaya Drainage Basin is largely freshwater, in some areas the water is often brackish or even salty.
Watersheds
A flushed toilet in the southwestern part of Montana and agricultural runoff from the burned over district in the western part of New York have something in common.
Both of these areas are located in the Mississippi River Drainage Basin. The water generated from both sources flows, over thousands of miles, to the same outlet.
This common outlet is at the mouth of the Mississippi River at the River Delta in the southern part of Louisiana where it empties into the Gulf of Mexico.
This is both the result of the enormousness of a drainage basin and the simplicity of the gravitational pull from one point to another.
Watersheds
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Atchafalaya Basinkeeper:
The Basinkeeper is a non-profit organization that dedicates itself to the preservation of the lower wetlands of the Atchafalaya River.
For more information click here.
Endangered Species who find refuge in the Atchafalaya Basin:
Louisiana Black Bear Ursus americanus luteolus :
Pallid Sturgeon Scaphirhynchus albus :
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
Florida Panther Puma concolor
Bachmans Warbler Vermivora bachmanii
Ivory Billed Woodpecker Campephilus principalis
