Download or read book Mississippi River Levees and Their Effect on River Stages During Flood Periods written by Samuel C. Emery and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Mississippi River Levees and Their Effect on River Stages During Flood Periods written by Samuel C. Emery and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-07-12 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Mississippi River Levees and Their Effect on River Stages During Flood Periods: Prepared Under the Directions of Willis L. Moore, Chief U. S. Weather Bureau At the outbreak of the civil war the levees in the Yazoo district were fairly continuous, but of too low grade to offer much protection, except during moderately high water, and by the time hostilities ceased there was little left to show that levees had ever existed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Mississippi River Levees and Their Effect On River Stages During Flood Periods written by Samuel Cheney Emery and published by Franklin Classics. This book was released on 2018-10-11 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Mississippi River Levees and Their Effect on River Stages During Flood Periods Primary Source Edition written by Samuel Cheney Emery and published by Nabu Press. This book was released on 2014-02-03 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
Download or read book Mississippi River Flood Control written by United States. Mississippi River Commission and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Floods of the Mississippi River written by William Starling and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The 1993 Flood on the Mississippi River in Illinois written by Nani G. Bhowmik and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The lessons learned from this flood focus on the performance of the levees, governmental responses, the effects of flood fighting, change in stages due to levee breaches, flood modeling, and the lack of information dissemination to the public on the technical aspects of the flood. These lessons point out information gaps and the need for research in the areas of hydraulics and hydrology, meteorology, sediment transport and sedimentation, surface and ground-water interactions, water quality, and levees. The report presents a comprehensive summary of the 1993 flood as far as climate, hydrology, and hydraulics are concerned.
Download or read book The Improvement of the Lower Mississippi River for Flood Control and Navigation written by United States. Mississippi River Commission and published by . This book was released on 1932 with total page 636 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Floods and Levees of the Mississippi River written by Benjamin Grubb Humphreys and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Great Flood of 1993 Post flood Report written by United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. North Central Division and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Flood of 1993 was an unusual and significant hydrometeorological event that devastated the Midwest. The 1993 was distinctive from all other record floods in terms of its magnitude, severity, damage and the season in which it occurred. The present report contains information about the flood and the general involvement of the Corps in the flood-affected areas. An appendix which provides detailed flood descriptions, data, and information on Corps flood control, flood fight and post flood activities is included for each of the district offices involved: Appendices A (St. Paul District) and Appendices B (Rock Island District) cover the Mississippi River basin above Lock and Dam no. 22; Appendix C (St. Louis District) concerns the Mississippi River basin below Lock and Dam no. 22; Appendix D (Omaha District) and Appendix E (Kansas City District) cover the Missouri River Basin.
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Download or read book The Floods of the Mississippi River written by William Starling and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-06-22 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Floods of the Mississippi River: Including an Account of Their Principal Causes and Effects, and a Description of the Levee System and Other Means Proposed and Tried for the Control of the River The levees OF the mississippi river: Drainage of the Levee Basin, 1; Materials Used in Levee Building, 1; Precautions in Construction, 3; Levee cross-section, 3; hvee Foundations, 4; Height of Levees, 7; Method or Construction, 7; Letting Water Against New Levees, 8; seep-water and Its Dangers, 8; Care of Levees in Flood Season, 10; Methods of Storm Protection, 11; Leakage of Levees, 12; Sloughing of Levees, 14; Crevasses, 14; Closing Crevasses, 15. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Flood Control in the Lower Mississippi River Valley written by United States. Mississippi River Commission and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
