Atchafalaya River
The Atchafalaya River is a 137-mile-long distributary of the Mississippi River and Red River in south central Louisiana in the United States. It flows south, just west of the Mississippi River, and is the fifth largest river in North America, by discharge.
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- Description: river Louisiana, United States
- Also known as: “Atachafalaya River”, “Atachaffalaya River”, “Atchaalaya River”, “Atchafalayia River”, “Atchafayalia River”, “Atchafaylia River”, “Atchaffalay River”, “Atchafylia River”, “Atchapalaya River”, “Bayou Atchafalaya”, “Chafalia River”, “Chaffalia River”, “Chaffeli River”, “reka Atchafalaya”, “River Atchafa-Laya”, “Tchafalaya River”, “Атчафалайя (река)”, and “아차팔리야 강”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Atchafalaya Basin.
Atchafalaya Basin
Atchafalaya River
- Categories: river, distributary, and body of water
- Location: St. Martin, Louisiana, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
30.28464° or 30° 17′ 5″ north
Longitude
-91.67206° or 91° 40′ 19″ west
Elevation
3 feet (1 metre)
Open location code
862C78MH+V5
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Atchafalaya River” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نهر أتشافالايا”
- Armenian: “Ատչաֆալայա”
- Asturian: “Ríu Atchafalaya”
- Belarusian: “Ачафалая”
- Catalan: “Riu Atchafalaya”
- Cebuano: “Atchafalaya River”
- Chinese: “阿查法拉亞河”
- Chinese: “阿查費耶拉河”
- Chuvash: “Атчафалайа”
- Czech: “Atchafalaya”
- Dutch: “Atchafalaya River”
- Dutch: “Atchafalaya”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر اتشافالايا”
- Esperanto: “Aĉafalaja (rivero)”
- Esperanto: “Aĉafalaja”
- French: “Atchafalaya”
- French: “rivière Atchafalaya”
- German: “Atchafalaya River”
- Hebrew: “נהר אטצ’פלאיה”
- Indonesian: “Sungai Atchafalaya”
- Irish: “Abhainn Atchafalaya”
- Japanese: “アチャファラヤ川”
- Korean: “아차팔라아 강”
- Korean: “아차팔라야 강”
- Korean: “아차팔라야강”
- Mazanderani: “آتچافالایا”
- Mingrelian: “ატჩაფალაია”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Atchafalaya”
- Polish: “Atchafalaya River”
- Polish: “Atchafalaya”
- Portuguese: “Rio Atchafalaya”
- Russian: “Атчафалайа”
- Russian: “Атчафалайя”
- Slovenian: “Atchafalaya”
- Spanish: “Río Atchafalaya”
- Swedish: “Atchafalaya River”
- Venetian: “Atchafalaya”
- Vietnamese: “sông Atchafalaya”
- Vietnamese: “Sông Atchafalaya”
- Welsh: “Afon Atchafalaya”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Butte La Rose and Rycade.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Butte La Rose Cemetery and Lost Lake.
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