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Aerial Photograph of the Mouth of the Mississippi River

By Environmental Health Program
Aerial photograph of the mouth of the Mississippi River where it flows into the northern Gulf of Mexico
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Aerial photograph of the mouth of the Mississippi River where it flows into the northern Gulf of Mexico. Commonly known as the "bird's foot" delta because of its distinctive shape. Photo Credit: NASA image created by Jesse Allen, using data provided by the University of Maryland's Global Land Cover Facility.

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Public Domain.