[DOC] [TLE] Louisiana | history - geography - state, United States | Britannica.com [PAR] Aug 31, 2016 ... Admitted to the union in 1812 as the 18th state, Louisiana ... characteristics 
common to the Gulf Coast states of the southern United States, ... Natural 
vegetation in Louisiana is found in three major divisions: the first .... There are 
dozens of airports in Louisiana, though only a handful offer commercial flights. [DOC] [TLE] Deep South - Wikipedia [PAR] ... areas of East Texas, West Tennessee, and North Florida are also considered 
part of this subregion. Historically, each of these states was in the Confederate 
States of America. The Deep South is a cultural and geographic subregion in the 
Southern United States. ... Though often used in history books to refer to the 
seven states that originally... [DOC] [TLE] Gulf Coast of the United States - Wikipedia [PAR] The Gulf Coast of the United States is the coastline along which the Southern 
United States ... The central part of the Gulf Coast, from eastern Texas through 
Louisiana, ... Besides the above, the region features other important industries 
including ... At the end of the 19th century Galveston was, with New Orleans, one 
of the... [DOC] [TLE] Midwestern United States - New World Encyclopedia [PAR] Other important cities in the region include: Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, 
Des Moines, ... 1.1 Physical features; 1.2 Ten largest cities and metropolitan 
areas ... states may or may not be considered part of the Midwestern United 
States. ... Minnesota: Old Northwest and Great Lakes state; western part 
Louisiana Purchase. [DOC] [TLE] Map of Louisiana - Geology.com [PAR] Louisiana maps showing counties, roads, highways, cities, rivers, topographic ... 
This Louisiana shaded relief map shows the major physical features of the state. 
... Most drainage leaves the state through the Mississippi River or flows into Lake
... [DOC] [TLE] Louisiana facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles ... [PAR] The state's geographic center is in Avoyelles Parish, 3 mi (5 km) se of Marksville. 
.... a major environmental disaster under Hurricane Katrina, which swept through 
the ... However, by 1990 the population was 4,219,973, representing only a 0.3% 
.... At the end of 2004, Louisiana had a total of 60,941 mi (98,115 km) of public... [DOC] [TLE] Mississippi (river US) facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com ... [PAR] One of the major rivers of North America, the Mississippi River has been a ... it is 
the second longest river in the United States behind the Missouri (2,466 miles). ... 
As it flows in this southern region, the Mississippi deposits rich silt along its banks
. ... Mississippi Valley belonged to France, and he named the region Louisiana. [DOC] [TLE] The Geopolitics of the United States, Part 1: The Inevitable Empire ... [PAR] The United States falls on the opposite end of the spectrum. ... In the continent's 
northern and southern reaches this longitudinal pattern is not quite so clear-cut. 
... The most distinctive and important feature of North America is the river network 
..... The Louisiana Purchase not only doubled the size of the United States but 
also... [DOC] [TLE] Louisiana.gov - Explore [PAR] A main source of Louisiana jurisprudence may in fact be Spanish. ... that had 
been acquired from France through the Louisiana Purchase of 1803. ... cotton in 
north Louisiana and sugar cane in the more tropical southern part of the state. ... 
The state seal was adopted in 1902 and features a pelican tearing flesh from its 
own... [DOC] [TLE] Slavery in the United States - EH.net [PAR] By 1808, when the trans-Atlantic slave trade to the U.S. officially ended, only 
about 6 .... By the end of the seventeenth century, the status of blacks  slave or 
free ... About half of Southern states prohibited masters from teaching slaves to 
read and .... Important individual features included age, sex, childbearing 
capacity (for... [DOC] [TLE] What We Talk About When We Talk About the South [PAR] But black Americans have made parts of Southern states their own through ... to "
totalize," to make "specific

Question: Though only the southern end is in Louisiana, this is considered the major physical feature of the state
Answer: the Mississippi River