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More Louisiana wetlands were lost in the 20th century than in any other coastal or lake area of the United States. With wetlands losses and channelization, the sediment pileup between the individual deltas were connected together time and again until the entire coast, from Houston to New Orleans, had been completely joined. Piles of rich buildup followed the borders of the Texas coastal marshes and the Mississippi delta, reaching westward below Lake Charles to Galveston, Corpus Christi, and Willacy County.