| ![](../images/dot_clear.gif) | ![](../images/669corner-ul.gif) | Lake Pontchartrain Atlas: | | ![](../images/dot_clear.gif) | | ![](../images/dot_clear.gif) | | ![](../images/dot_clear.gif) | | ![](../images/dot_clear.gif) | | ![](../images/dot_clear.gif) | | ![](../images/dot_clear.gif) | | ![](../images/dot_clear.gif) | | ![](../images/dot_clear.gif) | | ![](../images/dot_clear.gif) | | ![](../images/dot_clear.gif) | Environmental Issues | ![You are at the Environmental Issues section of the Environmental Atlas of Lake Pontchartrain](../images/pointer.gif) | | ![](../images/dot_clear.gif) | | ![](../images/dot_clear.gif) | | ![](../images/dot_clear.gif) | | ![](../images/dot_clear.gif) | ![](../images/dot_clear.gif) | | ![](../images/669corner-ll.gif) | | ![](../images/dot_clear.gif) | | ![](../images/dot_clear.gif) | ![](../images/dot_clear.gif) | ![](../images/dot_clear.gif) | | | ![](../images/spacer.gif) | Environmental Issues - Coastal Land Loss Contributors: Penland, Beall, Britsch, Williams Pontchartrain Basin Land Loss - Morphology Classification | Interior Loss | Shoreline Loss | Existing | ![](images/pg131leg-lt-green.gif) | Interior Channel | ![](images/pg131leg-pink.gif) | Shoreline Channel | ![](images/pg131leg-green.gif) | Land | ![](images/pg131leg-brown-yell.gif) | Interior Pond | ![](images/pg131leg-blue.gif) | Shoreline Lake | ![](images/pg131leg-lt-blue.gif) | Water | | | ![](images/pg131leg-dkblue.gif) | Shoreline Bay | ![](images/pg131leg-gray.gif) | Out of Study Area | | | ![](images/pg131leg-red.gif) | Shoreline Gulf | | | Class | Area Acres | Percent Loss | Interior Loss | Interior Channel | 20,298.00 | 10.78% | Interior Pond | 16,715.64 | 56.66% | Subtotal | 127,013.64 | 67.43% | Shoreline Loss | Shoreline Channel | 5,744.24 | 3.05% | Shoreline Lake | 17,093.94 | 9.08% | Shoreline Bay | 28,722.23 | 15.25% | Shoreline Gulf | 97,81.60 | 5.19% | Subtotal | 61,342.01 | 32.57% | Total | 188,355.65 | 100.00% | | Figure 2: Morphology classification of coastal land loss between 1932 and 1990 in the Mississippi River Delta Plain, SE Louisiana. | « Previous | Next » |