Lake Borgne

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coastal lake estuarine water body lagoon

Lake Borgne is a shallow, lagoon-like coastal lake in southeastern Louisiana that forms part of the complex estuarine system near New Orleans and the Gulf of Mexico.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf coastal lake ⓘ
estuarine water body ⓘ
lagoon ⓘ
affectedBy Hurricane Katrina NERFINISHED ⓘ
storm surge events ⓘ
connectedTo Chandeleur Sound NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gulf of Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ
Intracoastal Waterway NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mississippi River–Gulf Outlet Canal NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mississippi Sound NERFINISHED ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
ecoregion Louisiana coastal wetlands NERFINISHED ⓘ
environmentalIssue coastal erosion ⓘ
saltwater intrusion ⓘ
wetland loss ⓘ
etymology derived from French "Borgne" meaning "one-eyed" or "blind" ⓘ
floodRiskRelation New Orleans flood protection system ⓘ
habitatFor estuarine fish species ⓘ
migratory waterfowl ⓘ
shellfish ⓘ
hasNameOrigin French language ⓘ
historicalEvent Battle of Lake Borgne NERFINISHED ⓘ
operations during the War of 1812 ⓘ
historicalEventDate 1814 ⓘ
locatedIn Louisiana ⓘ
Orleans Parish, Louisiana NERFINISHED ⓘ
Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana NERFINISHED ⓘ
St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana NERFINISHED ⓘ
southeastern Louisiana ⓘ
locatedNear New Orleans NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn Gulf Coastal Plain NERFINISHED ⓘ
managementBy U.S. Army Corps of Engineers NERFINISHED ⓘ
nameLanguage English ⓘ
nearbyStructure Inner Harbor Navigation Canal Lake Borgne Surge Barrier NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lake Borgne Surge Barrier NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Gulf Coast of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lake Borgne Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mississippi River Delta region NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pontchartrain Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ
complex estuarine system near New Orleans ⓘ
shorelineFeature bayous ⓘ
marshes ⓘ
wetlands ⓘ
usedFor boating ⓘ
commercial fishing ⓘ
recreational fishing ⓘ
waterfowl hunting ⓘ
waterType brackish water ⓘ
shallow water ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lake Pontchartrain → connectedTo → Lake Borgne ⓘ
Pearl River → flowsInto → Lake Borgne ⓘ
Fort Macomb → locatedNear → Lake Borgne ⓘ
St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana → adjacentToBodyOfWater → Lake Borgne ⓘ
Mississippi Sound → connectedTo → Lake Borgne ⓘ