The 'Mississippi River Alluvial Plain', occupies parts of seven states, from southern
Louisiana to southern
Illinois. The northern portion in eastern
Arkansas, southeastern
Missouri, westernmost
Tennessee, westernmost
Kentucky and southern Illinois is referred to as the
Mississippi embayment. It is the largest
ecoregion of
Louisiana, covering 12,350 square miles, and including all of the historic
Mississippi River floodplain.
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