backswamp

Like other backswamp regions, soils generally contain considerable organic matter and have substrates of massive clay.

Ecoregions of the Mississippi Alluvial Plain (EPA) 2009

Agriculture is not prevalent in this region, and many of the larger blocks of backswamp still support bottomland forests.

Ecoregions of the Mississippi Alluvial Plain (EPA) 2009

This and the sandy veneer of natural levee deposits allow ecoregion 73i to be farmed more easily than other backswamp ecoregions (i.e. 73d and 73m) of the Mississippi Alluvial Plain (73).

Ecoregions of the Mississippi Alluvial Plain (EPA) 2009

The Grand Prairie ecoregion has a thick veneer of loess deposits covering silty and clayey deposits of old Mississippi River backswamp.

Ecoregions of the Mississippi Alluvial Plain (EPA) 2009

The backswamp areas are very important for processing excess nutrients found in the water and detaining water after heavy rains.

Ecoregions of the Mississippi Alluvial Plain (EPA) 2009

The third zone is the central backswamp area of the delta, crossed by old creek levees.

Niger Delta swamp forests 2008

The meander belt is an alluvial ridge that is often at a higher elevation than the more distant floodplain or backswamp areas.

Ecoregions of Mississippi (EPA) 2008