Low Sill Structure, old river control

USA / Louisiana / Simmesport /

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Corp of Engineers area. This is part of the system to control the flow of water from the Mississippi River into the Atchafalaya Basin (a distributory system). If allowed to flow free, it is likely that the Atchafalaya would capture the main flow of the Mississippi bypassing Baton Rouge and New Orleans.

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Coordinates: 31°4'35"N 91°35'49"W

Auxilliary structure, old river control 1 km
Old River Closure Structure - Shipping Lock 11 km
Morganza Flood Gates Structure 33 km
Marked Tree Lock and Siphons 514 km
Denison Dam Spillway 558 km
Flow gates 1735 km
Lock 9 Bridge & Flood Control Spillway 2033 km
Los Angeles Aqueduct Cascades 2538 km
Duplanter Water Evacuation 3158 km
Cardiff Barrage 7266 km

Turnbull Island 11 km
Richard K Yancey Wildlife Management Area 13 km
Angola Prison 13 km
Lake Mary (Old River Lake) 14 km
Tunica Hills WMA 18 km
Raccourci Island 22 km
Lake Ophelia National Wildlife Refuge 30 km
Tunica Swamp 33 km
Glasscock Cut-off (Mississippi) 34 km
Morganza Spillway 35 km

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Turnbull Island Richard K Yancey Wildlife Management Area Angola Prison Lake Mary (Old River Lake) Tunica Hills WMA Raccourci Island Lake Ophelia National Wildlife Refuge Tunica Swamp Glasscock Cut-off (Mississippi) Morganza Spillway