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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Places in the Area
Nearby places include Atchafalaya Basin.
Atchafalaya Basin
Atchafalaya Basin is America's largest swamp, it covers much of the Acadiana region of Louisiana.
Atchafalaya River
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Latitude
30.28464° or 30° 17′ 5″ north
Longitude
-91.67206° or 91° 40′ 19″ west
Open location code
862C78MH+V5
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Atchafalaya River” goes by many names.
نهر أتشافالاياArabic
ԱտչաֆալայաArmenian
Ríu AtchafalayaAsturian
АчафалаяBelarusian
Riu AtchafalayaCatalan
Atchafalaya RiverCebuano
阿查法拉亞河Chinese
阿查費耶拉河Chinese
АтчафалайаChuvash
AtchafalayaCzech
AtchafalayaDutch
Atchafalaya RiverDutch
نهر اتشافالاياEgyptian Arabic
AĉafalajaEsperanto
Aĉafalaja (rivero)Esperanto
נהר אטצ’פלאיהHebrew
Sungai AtchafalayaIndonesian
Abhainn AtchafalayaIrish
アチャファラヤ川Japanese
아차팔라아 강Korean
아차팔라야 강Korean
아차팔리야 강Korean
آتچافالایاMazanderani
ატჩაფალაიაMingrelian
AtchafalayaNorwegian Bokmål
AtchafalayaPolish
Atchafalaya RiverPolish
АтчафалайаRussian
АтчафалайяRussian
Атчафалайя (река)Russian
AtchafalayaSlovenian
Atchafalaya RiverSlovenian
reka AtchafalayaSlovenian
Atchafalaya RiverSwedish
AtchafalayaVenetian
Sông AtchafalayaVietnamese
Afon AtchafalayaWelsh
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