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Natural Levees

gray and brown silt, silty clay, some very fine sand, reddish brown along the Red River.
StateLouisiana
NameNatural Levees
Geologic agePhanerozoic | Cenozoic | Quaternary | Holocene
Original map labelQnl
CommentsShown only on past and present courses of major streams.
Primary rock typesilt
Secondary rock typeclay or mud
Other rock typessand
Lithologic constituents
Major
Unconsolidated > Coarse-detrital > Sand (Alluvial)
Unconsolidated > Fine-detrital > Clay (Alluvial)
Unconsolidated > Fine-detrital > Silt (Alluvial)
Map references
United States Geological Survey, 1998, Digital Overlay of the Geologic Map of Louisiana: U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, National Wetlands Research Center, Product Id USGS-NWRC 1984-02-0001, http://www.nwrc.usgs.gov/.
Unit references
United States Geological Survey, 1998, Digital Overlay of the Geologic Map of Louisiana: U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, National Wetlands Research Center, Product Id USGS-NWRC 1984-02-0001, http://www.nwrc.usgs.gov/.
Geographic coverageAscension - Assumption - Avoyelles - Bienville - Bossier - Caddo - Caldwell - Catahoula - Concordia - De Soto - East Baton Rouge - East Carroll - East Feliciana - Evangeline - Franklin - Grant - Iberia - Iberville - Jefferson - Lafayette - Lafourche - La Salle - Madison - Morehouse - Natchitoches - Orleans - Ouachita - Plaquemines - Pointe Coupee - Rapides - Red River - Richland - Saint Bernard - Saint Charles - Saint James - Saint John the Baptist - Saint Landry - Saint Martin - Saint Mary - Tensas - Terrebonne - Union - West Baton Rouge - West Feliciana - Winn

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