Physical Features

This physical feature is a large ocean basin that is surrounded by North America, Mexico, and Cuba

• lake

• marsh

• bayou

• Gulf of Mexico

High ground along a river that is built up from the soil from that river flooding

• Mississippi River delta

• natural levee

• barrier islands

• prairie

Wet, treeless, flat areas covered with water and grasses that can be found along the coast

• barrier islands

• swamp

• marsh

• lake

A slow moving waterway that ranges from short and shallow to long and navigable.

• Mississippi River

• bayou

• swamp

• lake

A body of water that is surrounded by land.

• lake

• river valley

• marsh

• swamp

This physical feature consists of soil deposited by the Mississippi River at its mouth.

• bayou

• barrier islands

• prairies

• Mississippi delta

The second largest river in North America that flows through Louisiana.

• marsh

• natural levee

• Mississippi River

• lake

Long, narrow, onshore deposits of sand or sediment that run parallel to the coastline.

• natural levees

• river valleys

• swamp

• barrier islands

Lands that are flat and covered by tall grasses

• marsh

• prairie

• swamp

• bayou

Land that is constantly filled with water and covered by trees.

• Gulf of Mexico

• swamp

• river valleys

• marsh