Sunday, April 01, 2007

The Rise and Disappearance of Southeast Louisiana

If you ever wanted to learn more about the geography and geology of Southeast Louisiana, The New Orleans Times-Picayune has created a beautifully clear and easy to understand interactive presentation to help you.

The link below takes you to the excellent primer on how Southeast Louisiana was created by the Mississippi River and also why and how it is eroding away.

This was created by TP Staff Artist Dan Swenson and is a supplement on nola.com to a printed version that the TP ran recently.

http://www.nola.com/speced/lastchance/multimedia/flash.ssf?flashlandloss1.swf

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