The National Atlas of the United States of AmericaU.S. Department of the InteriorU.S. Geological Survey

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pagegen_la3.pdf INTERIOR-GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, RESTON, VIRGINIA-2004

MILES

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Albers equal area projection

River

Red

Sabi

neToledo Bend Reservoir

Mis

siss

ippi

LakePontchartrain

CalcasieuLake Grand

Lake

White Lake

Riv

er

Riv

er

BayouD'ArbonneLake

CatahoulaLake

LakeMaurepas

Pearl

River

Ouachita River

Abbeville

Bastrop

Bogalusa

Bunkie

Crowley

De Ridder

Eunice

Ferriday

Franklin

Hammond

Jennings

Kinder

Leesville

Mansfield

Minden

Morgan City

Natchitoches

Oakdale

Opelousas

Ruston

Sulphur

Tallulah

Thibodaux

Tullos

Ville Platte

Winnfield

Springhill

Winnsboro

St Francisville

Alexandria

Bossier City

Houma

Kenner

Lake Charles

Monroe

New Iberia

Slidell

Chalmette

Lafayette

New Orleans

Shreveport

Metairie

Baton Rouge

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20

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Atchafalaya

BayVerm

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Barataria Bay

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MISSISSIPPI

TEXAS

ARKANSASPOPULATED PLACES

TRANSPORTATION

PHYSICAL FEATURES

100,000 – 499,999

25,000 – 99,999

24,999 and less

State capital

Interstate; limited access highway

Other principal highway

Railroad

535

StreamsLakes

Highest elevation in state (feet)

The lowest elevation in Louisiana is 8 feetbelow sea level (New Orleans).

New Orleans

Baton Rouge

Lake CharlesFerriday

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