The floodplain forests in the river bottomlands were rich and fertile. The largest, Kin Nizhoni, stands atop a mesa surrounded by marshy bottomlands. They planted their crops along the fertile river bottomlands. Hackberry grows in many different habitats, although it prefers bottomlands and soils high in limestone. Instead it meanders across the silty bottomlands in its progress north. Today, the rivers support intensive irrigated agriculture on the fertile bottomlands. Townsend quickly profited from the forests of the Little River bottomlands. The river covers approximately along with sedimentary river bottomlands. Ninety percent of the Delta bottomlands were still frontier and undeveloped. Loss of the most productive, fertile bottomlands worsened the economic conditions in the area. "under", indicates an original sense of "lowlands" for "bottomlands". Elk also inhabit river valley bottomlands, which they share with White-tailed deer. The natural habitat of green ash is almost exclusively stream sides and bottomlands. The bottomlands of the Mississippi Delta were still 90% undeveloped after the Civil War. When the waters recede from the bottomlands, planting begins.