阿查法拉亚河
阿查法拉亚河 Achafalaya River | |
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阿查法拉亚河(英语:Achafalaya /əˌtʃæf.əˈlaɪ.ə/ [1] River),位于美国路易斯安那州的中南部,长137千米(85英里)[2],是密西西比河和红河的一条支流。 它流向南注入墨西哥湾,紧靠密西西比河以西[3] ,以排水量计是北美第五大河流[4]。 名称“阿查法拉亚”来自乔克托语,意为“长河”,源自hachcha (“河”)和falaya (“ 长”)[5]。
参考资料
- ^ Moon Handbooks New Orleans: Including Cajun Country, Andrew Collins, 2007, p.324, webpage: Books-Google-FgC
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map 互联网档案馆的存档,存档日期2012-03-29.
- ^ "Atchafalaya River Navigation Book" (maps), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, October 2010, webpage: MVN.
- ^ Piazza, Bryan P. The Atchafalaya River Basin: History and Ecology of an American Wetland. Texas A&M University Press. 2014. ISBN 978-1-62349-039-3.
- ^ Bright, William. Native American placenames of the United States. University of Oklahoma Press. 2004: 52 [2011-04-11]. ISBN 978-0-8061-3598-4. (原始内容存档于2021-03-16).