West Atchafalaya Floodway

The West Atchafalaya Floodway is a flood control structure of the Mississippi River and Tributaries Project located in the Lower in south-central . It has a project design flood flow capacity of 250,000 cu ft/s.
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West Atchafalaya Floodway

Latitude
30.76102° or 30° 45′ 40″ north
Longitude
-91.869° or 91° 52′ 8″ west
Elevation
36 feet (11 metres)
Open location code
862CQ46J+CC
Geo­Names ID
4345723
Wiki­data ID
Q14691862
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