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- Mermentau_River abstract "The Mermentau River is a 72.3-mile-long (116.4 km) river in southern Louisiana in the United States. It enters the Gulf of Mexico between Calcasieu Lake and Vermilion Bay on the Chenier Coastal Plain.The Mermentau River supplies freshwater for the Mermentau Basin. The Chenier Basin is located between the Mermentau Basin and the Gulf of Mexico, and is unique in that it no longer contains any true estuarine Gulf habitat, although historically the basin served as a productive estuarine nursery ground. Freshwater inflow is from the Catfish Point control structure. Presently, several large freshwater lakes (Grand Lake, White Lake) and confined wetlands dominate the region. These habitats are confined within the mainland and isolated from the influence of saltwater by a series of water control structures or locks.A significant percentage of the basin lands are publicly owned as Federal refuges and State wildlife management areas. Pirate Jean Laffite is rumored to have sailed into the area during the 19th century, possibly stashing gold treasure.Early in the 20th century W. Scott Heywood of Jennings began operating barges on the river to carry oil, which he discovered in 1901, to the railroad. In 1932, Heywood was elected to the Louisiana State Senate from a large district encompassing much of southwestern Louisiana.".
- Mermentau_River thumbnail Mermentaurivermap.png?width=300.
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- Mermentau_River wikiPageRevisionID "621514475".
- Mermentau_River wikiPageWikiLink 1820_U.S._Law_on_Slave_Trade.
- Mermentau_River wikiPageWikiLink Act_to_Protect_the_Commerce_of_the_United_States_and_Punish_the_Crime_of_Piracy.
- Mermentau_River wikiPageWikiLink Africans.
- Mermentau_River wikiPageWikiLink American_Civil_War.
- Mermentau_River wikiPageWikiLink Calcasieu_Lake.
- Mermentau_River wikiPageWikiLink Cameron_Parish.
- Mermentau_River wikiPageWikiLink Cameron_Parish,_Louisiana.
- Mermentau_River wikiPageWikiLink Category:Landforms_of_Acadia_Parish,_Louisiana.
- Mermentau_River wikiPageWikiLink Category:Landforms_of_Cameron_Parish,_Louisiana.
- Mermentau_River wikiPageWikiLink Category:Rivers_of_Louisiana.
- Mermentau_River wikiPageWikiLink Chenier_Coastal_Plain.
- Mermentau_River wikiPageWikiLink Congo_Basin.
- Mermentau_River wikiPageWikiLink Ethnic_groups_of_Africa.
- Mermentau_River wikiPageWikiLink Grand_Chenier,_Louisiana.
- Mermentau_River wikiPageWikiLink Grand_Lake_(Louisiana).
- Mermentau_River wikiPageWikiLink Gulf_of_Mexico.
- Mermentau_River wikiPageWikiLink Huntress_(ship).
- Mermentau_River wikiPageWikiLink Jean_Laffite.
- Mermentau_River wikiPageWikiLink Jean_Lafitte.
- Mermentau_River wikiPageWikiLink Jennings,_Louisiana.
- Mermentau_River wikiPageWikiLink Louisiana.
- Mermentau_River wikiPageWikiLink Louisiana_State_Legislature.
- Mermentau_River wikiPageWikiLink Mermentau_Basin.
- Mermentau_River wikiPageWikiLink United_States.
- Mermentau_River wikiPageWikiLink Vermilion_Bay_(Louisiana).
- Mermentau_River wikiPageWikiLink W._Scott_Heywood.
- Mermentau_River wikiPageWikiLink White_Lake_(Louisiana).
- Mermentau_River wikiPageWikiLink File:Mermentaurivermap.png.
- Mermentau_River wikiPageWikiLinkText "Mermentau Lake".
- Mermentau_River wikiPageWikiLinkText "Mermentau River".
- Mermentau_River wikiPageWikiLinkText "Mermentau".
- Mermentau_River hasPhotoCollection Mermentau_River.
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- Mermentau_River subject Category:Landforms_of_Acadia_Parish,_Louisiana.
- Mermentau_River subject Category:Landforms_of_Cameron_Parish,_Louisiana.
- Mermentau_River subject Category:Rivers_of_Louisiana.
- Mermentau_River hypernym River.
- Mermentau_River type Article.
- Mermentau_River type River.
- Mermentau_River type Article.
- Mermentau_River comment "The Mermentau River is a 72.3-mile-long (116.4 km) river in southern Louisiana in the United States. It enters the Gulf of Mexico between Calcasieu Lake and Vermilion Bay on the Chenier Coastal Plain.The Mermentau River supplies freshwater for the Mermentau Basin.".
- Mermentau_River label "Mermentau River".
- Mermentau_River sameAs Rivière_Mermentau.
- Mermentau_River sameAs m.02rv17x.
- Mermentau_River sameAs Q3433746.
- Mermentau_River sameAs Q3433746.
- Mermentau_River wasDerivedFrom Mermentau_River?oldid=621514475.
- Mermentau_River depiction Mermentaurivermap.png.
- Mermentau_River isPrimaryTopicOf Mermentau_River.