… Placing
a city at the mouth of a river is not inherently problematic but the
Mississippi is an unusual river. Most deltas are embayed, i.e. the sea enters
the river at the mouth and floods it, making it easy to form a city such as
London on the Thames. But the delta of the Mississippi River is not embayed and
protrudes out into the Gulf of Mexico, making it difficult for ships heading to
sea to use the port. The rapidly flowing river brings its own natural sediment
and the earth's crust literally sags beneath it ... [New Orleans] The Geography of New Orleans | The Norman B. Leventhal Map Center
a city at the mouth of a river is not inherently problematic but the
Mississippi is an unusual river. Most deltas are embayed, i.e. the sea enters
the river at the mouth and floods it, making it easy to form a city such as
London on the Thames. But the delta of the Mississippi River is not embayed and
protrudes out into the Gulf of Mexico, making it difficult for ships heading to
sea to use the port. The rapidly flowing river brings its own natural sediment
and the earth's crust literally sags beneath it ... [New Orleans] The Geography of New Orleans | The Norman B. Leventhal Map Center
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