NASA Photo ID: SL2-05-397          File Name: 10076145.jpg
Film Type: 70mm                    Date Taken: 06/22/73
Title: New Orleans, Louisiana, Mississippi River, and Lake Pontchartrain
Description:
New Orleans,Louisiana, Mississippi River, and Lake Pontchartrain (31.0N, 
91.0W) can all be seen in this single detailed view.  The marshlands of the 
Atchafalaya Basin, previously the main drainage way for the Mississippi 
River, can be seen to be partially silted as a result of sediments.  The
long  narrow field patterns fronting on the river is called the "Long Lot"
system  of equal land distribution based on the French Napoleonic Civil
Code.                 
Subject terms:
AGRICULTURE                             
CITIES                                  
EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE)         
FLOOD PLAINS                            
LAKES                                   
LAND MANAGEMENT                         
MARSHLANDS                              
RIVERS                                  
SKYLAB 2                                

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