在密西西比三角洲的边缘，尚德卢尔群岛为人口众多的路易斯安那州沿海地区构筑了一块天然的缓冲区，它保护了包括新奥尔良在内的很多城市免受日益严重的海浪打击。

At the rim of the delta, the Chandeleur Islands form a natural buffer zone for the heavily populated coastal regions of Louisiana—which include New Orleans—against increasingly stormy seas.

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