The principal bayous, which exert so important a part in regulating the stage of this part of the river, are in length and distance from the Gulf as follows:
_Distance_By_River._
_Miles.__Miles._
Bayou La Fourche, from the Mississippi River to the Gulf, 100 180
" Plaquemine, " " " 60 210
" Manchac, " " " 50 220
" Atchafalaya, " " " 110 300
The course of the bayous, it will be seen, have a more direct route than the river. Their average width is one thousand feet, and fall twenty-two feet. Their average velocity is about three and two tenths miles per hour. Though the rise of the river at Baton Rouge sometimes attains a height of thirty feet, so great is the relieving capacity of these lateral branches, that at New Orleans the rise never exceeds twelve feet. At Point a la Hache the difference between the highest and lowest stage is but six feet; at Fort Jackson, four feet, while it falls to low water mark when it enters the sea.
Having briefly noted the peculiarities of the Mississippi, a few facts in recapitulation may place it in a more comprehensive attitude as regards its appearance and size.
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