The Mississippi River, which starts in Minnesota, is joined by numerous tributaries before it reaches Louisiana. Approximately what percentage of the continental United States lies within the watershed (or drains into) the Mississippi River?
Natchitoches was established in 1714 as the oldest permanent settlement in the Louisiana Purchase territory because of its location on which body of water?
The Atchafalaya River is the fifth-largest river in North America when measured by its discharge of water. Atchafalaya is a ____ word meaning long river.
________, a 106-mile-long bayou in southeastern Louisiana, was originally referred to as the “fork of the Chitimacha” and named for one of the most powerful indigenous tribes in the area at the time of colonial contact.
