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Download or read book Designing the Bayous written by Martin Reuss and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 493 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: :This history of the Atchafalaya Basin is an account of the transformation of an area that has endured perhaps more human manipulation than any other natural environment in the nation.

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