Table 13. Land and water areas in the total 

 Barataria drainage basin in 1975 (from Hop- 

 kinson 1978). 



Land category Area (ha) 



Land Water 



Swamp 97,954 2,202 



Fresh marsh 87,789 67,240 



Brackish marsh 55,036 48,264 



Salt marsh 63,356 82,144 



Upland 124,634 



Total basin 3 628,619 



a This figure includes the entire Barataria 

 drainage basin area, which is larger than 

 the portion included in the MDPR. See 

 Figure 47. 



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