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A small, slow-moving stream or creek formed in the former bed of a river, usually located in low-lying areas.
What is a bayou?
100
measures the current conditions of the atmosphere: temperature,precipitation, and wind.
What is weather?
100
is the precise position on Earth where something is located
What is absolute location?
100
if a river would be safe enough to travel by boat it is said to be
What is navigable?
100
the largest natural lake in Louisiana
What is the Pontchartrain?
200
The word bayou comes from what Indian Tribe
What is the Choctaw?
200
is the average weather of an area over a long period of time.
What is climate?
200
borders Louisiana on the east
What is Texas?
200
the difference between the highest and lowest elevation in a given area
What is relief?
200
This river is the second longest river in the United States and flows into the Gulf of Mexico.
What is Mississippi River?
300
This city is considered to be the center of Bayou Country
What is New Orleans
300
is the degree of hotness or coldness of an environment.
What is temperature?
300
is shown as a horizontal line and is a measure of the distance, in degrees,
What is latitude?
300
two major hurricanes that hit Louisiana in 2005 were Rita and ________________
What is Katrina?
300
borders Louisiana on the NORTH.
What is Arkansas?
400
provide protection from hurricanes and storm surges
What is barrier islands?
400
is any form of water – liquid or solid – that falls from the atmosphere and reaches the ground.
What is precipitation?
400
is the location of a place to other landmarks or locations.
What is relative location
400
wet treeless prarie covered in grass
What is a marsh?
400
borders Louisiana on the SOUTH.
What is Gulf of Mexico?
500
is a severe tropical storm with rain and high winds of at least 74mph
What is a hurricane?
500
is a dangerous, funnel-shaped windstorm.
What is a tornado?
500
is shown as a vertical line and is a measure of the distance
What is longitude?
500
a mixture of seawater and freshwater
What is brackish?
500
borders Louisiana on the WEST.
What is Texas?