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Place Name
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Bonnet Carre Spillway
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Pronunciation
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BO-nuh KER-ree
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Place Status (Type)
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parish
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Location
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St. Charles parish, Louisiana (LA), United States, North America
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Latitude
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30°01'N
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Longitude
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unknown
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Bonnet Carre Spillway
(BO-nuh KER-ree), St. Charles parish, SE
La., emergency flood-control spillway bet. E bank of the Mississippi
R., c.25 mi/40 km above New Orleans, at Norco,
and L. Pontchartrain; c.7 mi/11 km long,
1 mi/2 km-2 mi/3 km
wide; 30°01'N, 90°25'W. Mississippi floodwaters are diverted into
the lake, averting damage to New Orleans and other downstream
communities. Completed 1935. Also Bonne Carre.
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