Louisiana's Physical Features

the second longest river in North America that flows through Louisiana

• Sabine River

• Mississippi River

• Colorado River

• Ohio River

A large ocean basin that is surrounded by North America, Mexico, and Cuba

• prairies

• natural levees

• Gulf of Mexico

• Mississippi River

Name the five regions of Louisiana.

Make sure to answer in a complete sentence.

Answer explanation

The five regions of Louisiana are north, central, Acadiana, Florida parishes, and Greater New Orleans.

A slow moving waterway that ranges in size from short and shallow to long and navigable

• barrier island

• bayou

• Gulf of Mexico

• Mississippi

Soil deposited by the Mississippi River at its mouth

• salt dome

• swamps

• levees

• Mississippi Delta

lands that are flat covered by tall grasses

• prairies

• swamps

• marshes

• bayou

High ground along a river that is built up from the soil from that river flooding

• Mississippi Delta

• marshes

• natural levees

• barrier island

wet, treeless, flat areas covered with water and grasses that can be found along the coast

• bayou

• prairies

• marshes

• barrier island

What region do we live in?

Make sure to answer in a complete sentence.

Answer explanation

The region we live in is Acadiana.

long, narrow, offshore deposits of sand or sediment that run parallel to the coastline

• marshes

• barrier islands

• prairies

• bayous