Breton Sound () is a

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of the

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and a part of the

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of the

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. It lies off the southeast coast of the state and is partially enclosed by the Breton Islands. Two ships in the

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have been named the USS ''Breton'' after this area. On August 29, 2005,

Hurricane Katrina Hurricane Katrina was a powerful, devastating and historic tropical cyclone that caused 1,392 fatalities and damages estimated at $125 billion in late August 2005, particularly in the city of New Orleans and its surrounding area. ...

crossed the sound before making its third landfall near Pearlington, Mississippi. Both

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and Katrina caused an estimated loss of 245 km of marshland in the sound, but satellite imagery shows marshland gains in Bayou la Loutre, Bayou Pointe-en-Pointe, and Bayou Terre Aux Boeufs basins, as well as other areas such as River aux Chenes and Bayou Bienvenue near the Mississippi River–Gulf Outlet Canal, and along Bayou Plaquemines and Bayou la Loutre. In 2023, Louisiana's Coastal Master Plan intends to redirect fresh water from the Mississippi River east into wetlands in

Breton Sound Breton Sound () is a sound (geography), sound of the Gulf of Mexico and a part of the coastline of the United States, U.S. state of Louisiana. It lies off the southeast coast of the state and is partially enclosed by the Breton Islands. Two ships ...

References

External links

Environmental Atlas of Lake Pontchartrain
Bodies of water of Louisiana Bodies of water of Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana Bodies of water of St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana Sounds of the United States Estuaries of Louisiana {{Louisiana-geo-stub