River

The Atchafalaya River, unlike most other rivers start in the Mississippi river. There are many rivers that lead down to the Mississippi river, but the Atchafalaya is the only one that takes water away from the Mississippi River. The Mississippi River is among the largest rivers in the United States. The Mississippi River starts way up in a lake (clear water county) located in Minnesota. The lake is called lake Itasca. The starting elevation of the Mississippi River is 1,475 feet above sea level

water issues and human intentional control activities in the region of the Mississippi Delta. In 'The Scale of Nature: Modeling the Mississippi River', the author begins from the problem of sea level rise in the Ohio River. People attempt to prevent the flood problem with the Flood Control Act of 1928. However, the engineers didn't misunderstand the river as a single, simple threat. Then, as the Flood Control Act of 1936 was passed, an engineer named Reybold comes up with a large scale physical model

Rivers constitute a major natural phenomena found on the surface of the earth. They have unique patterns and systems that perfectly fit in the geographical grid. One can establish the facts behind the formation of rivers and the important part they play in the ecosystem by carefully studying their features. However, the topic needs more research to know the reasons behind the uniqueness portrayed by each river. As the river flows, it cuts rocks which it carries them down its course and grinds them

Mississippi river in 1540. In present day the United states army corps is trying to cut off the last connection between the Mississippi river and its natural backwater habitant in the state of Missouri by building a new 1500 foot levee across the opening at the bottom of the new Madrid floodway it will stop water from reaching its highest 75000 acres of floodplain. The Mississippi river then as it is now is still being used as a big factor when it comes to shipping goods up and down the river it is also

Johns River is suffering from a significant environmental disaster because of toxic substances from municipal and industrial wastewater, fertilizer runoff, failing septic tanks, and stormwater. Consequently, over 55% of the river miles, 80.4% of acres of large water bodies, 59.4 % of estuaries, and 31.4% of coastline miles do not meet water quality standards in Florida (Florida Department of Environmental Protection 119). For that matter, studying those pollution problems that the river faces is

retarted but I have to pass this class. Anyways some things I thought were interesting and kind of cool are that the Mississippi river created most of the Louisiana I didn’t know that a river could do that ya that is like so exciting however it couldn’t have made it if it stayed in one channel. Southern Louisiana exists in its present form because the Mississippi River has jumped here and there within an arc about two hundred miles wide, like a pianist playing with one hand—frequently and radically

the Little Blue River Watershed covers Rush and Shelby Counties and a small section of Henry County. The Little Blue River Watershed is part of the Driftwood River Watershed. (Little Blue River Watershed Management Plan, 2007, p.8) The main river within the watershed is the Little Blue River which discharges into the Big Blue River. (Little Blue River Watershed Management Plan, 2007, p.16) The river runs from northeast to southwest along an old glacier channels. (Little Blue River Watershed Management

the Yellow River Civilization, were most accurate when compared to the information found in the reading. Some of the predictions made in class about the Yellow River Civilization’s geographic advantages include; Easy access to trade and other parts of Europe, a versatile environment which contained a variety of natural resources, natural barriers to protect against invaders, large land area, good for farming. Some predictions made about the geographic disadvantages of the Yellow River Civilization

In the early 1900s diverting water from the river through ditches was how the water supply was handled for the Los Angeles River. Since the population of Los Angeles was increasing there was something that needed to be done to manage the water supply and that’s why the dam was built. Around the same time a water company that was private gave away the city’s waterworks and began offering water to the city. Los Angeles took over the city’s water supply in 1902. Originally the Water Department was established

The Muddy River Restoration Project is currently a highly controversial topic in the realm of environmental ethics. To prevent the recurrence and avoid the detrimental impacts of flooding, members of the greater Boston, Massachusetts area proposed that sections of the Muddy River be diverted and drained, ultimately enabling the floor of the river to be rebuilt. However, with this project came the implication that the entirety of the ecosystem in these parts of the river, plants and animals included