<P> The Mississippi River Delta region is a 3 - million - acre ( 12,000 km ) area of land that stretches from Vermilion Bay on the west , to the Chandeleur Islands in the Gulf of Mexico on the southeastern coast of Louisiana . It is part of the Louisiana coastal plain , one of the largest areas of coastal wetlands in the United States . The Mississippi River Delta is the 7th largest river delta on Earth ( USGS ) and is an important coastal region for the United States , containing more than 2.7 million acres of coastal wetlands ( 4,000 square miles ( 10,000 km ) and 37 % of the estuarine marsh in the conterminous U.S. The coastal area is the nation 's largest drainage basin and drains about 41 % of the contiguous United States into the Gulf of Mexico at an average rate of 470,000 cubic feet per second . </P>
<P> The Mississippi River Delta region is a 3 - million - acre ( 12,000 km ) area of land that stretches from Vermilion Bay on the west , to the Chandeleur Islands in the Gulf of Mexico on the southeastern coast of Louisiana . It is part of the Louisiana coastal plain , one of the largest areas of coastal wetlands in the United States . The Mississippi River Delta is the 7th largest river delta on Earth ( USGS ) and is an important coastal region for the United States , containing more than 2.7 million acres of coastal wetlands ( 4,000 square miles ( 10,000 km ) and 37 % of the estuarine marsh in the conterminous U.S. The coastal area is the nation 's largest drainage basin and drains about 41 % of the contiguous United States into the Gulf of Mexico at an average rate of 470,000 cubic feet per second . </P>
where is the delta of the mississippi river
where is the delta of the mississippi river
from Vermilion Bay on the west , to the Chandeleur Islands in the Gulf of Mexico on the southeastern coast of Louisiana
from Vermilion Bay on the west , to the Chandeleur Islands in the Gulf of Mexico on the southeastern coast of Louisiana