Atchafalaya
Water type: River
Continent:
North America
Climate:
Subtropical
Country:
United States of America (USA)
Siluriformes - Catfishes
Centrarchiformes - Basses and sunfishes
Cypriniformes - Carps
Acipenseriformes - Sturgeons and Paddlefish
Lepisosteiformes - Gars
Amiiformes - Bowfins
Moroniformes - Temperate basses
Clupeiformes - Herrings
Acanthuriformes - Surgeonfishes
Petromyzontiformes - Lampreys
Siluriformes - Catfishes
Centrarchiformes - Basses and sunfishes
Cypriniformes - Carps
Acipenseriformes - Sturgeons and Paddlefish
Lepisosteiformes - Gars
Amiiformes - Bowfins
Moroniformes - Temperate basses
Clupeiformes - Herrings
Acanthuriformes - Surgeonfishes
Petromyzontiformes - Lampreys
Siluriformes - Catfishes
Centrarchiformes - Basses and sunfishes
Cypriniformes - Carps
Acipenseriformes - Sturgeons and Paddlefish
Lepisosteiformes - Gars
Amiiformes - Bowfins
Moroniformes - Temperate basses
Clupeiformes - Herrings
Acanthuriformes - Surgeonfishes
Petromyzontiformes - Lampreys
The Atchafalaya River is a 137-mile-long (220 km) distributary of the Mississippi River and mouth of Red River in south central Louisiana in the United States.
It flows south, just west of the Mississippi River, and is the fifth largest river in North America, by discharge.