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Bayous meaning
plural of bayou
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The world of the lakes, bayous, and bays takes on a different vibe after the sun goes down.
They’re in the tidal rivers, bayous, inshore reefs, the bridges and jetties.
In this incredible themed experience you’ll explore a dusty forgotten jazz hall, move on to one of New Orleans’ many historic cemeteries, and then enter the musty backwater bayous of rural, Southern New Orleans.
Heavy rains locally and in areas with bayous that feed the lakes have caused a significant rise in the water level.
In the Houston area, the rainfall flooded some roadways, stranding drivers, and had caused several creeks and bayous to rise to high levels.
Bayous and creeks can handle anywhere from 4-8" of rain over 6 hours, said ABC13 Meteorologist Travis Herzog.
He says that there’s too little undeveloped land left to accommodate new reservoirs of sufficient capacity, and that further straightening, widening, and bank-hardening can’t force bayous to carry more water.
They come to enjoy Mobile ered backroads, bayous and beaches.
Fausse Point, was established near present-day Loreauville by late June 1765." citation The Acadians shared the swamps, bayous and prairies with the Attakapa and Chitimacha Native American tribes.
Federal Writers' Project 1987, p. 13. In eastern Arkansas, one can find Taxodium (cypress), Quercus nigra (water oaks), and hickories with their roots submerged in the Mississippi Valley bayous indicative of the deep south.
John Broven, South to Louisiana: The Music of the Cajun Bayous.
The city owns surface water rights for 1.20 billion gallons of water a day in addition to 150 million gallons a day of groundwater. citation Houston has four major bayous passing through the city.
The fugitive slaves, called maroons, could easily hide in the backcountry of the bayous and survive in small settlements.
The Louisiana Natural and Scenic Rivers System provides a degree of protection for 48 rivers, streams and bayous in the state.
The unique geography of the region, with the many bayous, marshes and inlets, can result in water damage across a wide area from major hurricanes.