NATURAL LAKES & CHANNELS 



CANALS 



NEW PONDS 



Figure 5. "New ponds" that formed in the vicinity of Golden [^eadow, in 

 southern coastal Louisiana from 1969 to 1978. Ponds that coalesce to- 

 gether, eroding lake edges, and eroding ponds are not shown. Ponds are 

 black, canals are cross-hatched and the natural drainage lakes and channels 

 are stippled. Note that all the new ponds are in the vicinity of canals 

 and not near the one natural channel drainage basin draining into the north 

 side of Catfish Lake. 



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