(1997). A regional perspective of the hydrology of the 1993 Mississippi River basin floods. Annals of the Association of American Geographers 87 (1), pp. 135-151.Pitlick, J., 1997, A regional perspective of the hydrology of the 1993 Missis- sippi River Basin flood: Association of ...
Consequences of the 1993 Mississippi River flood in the Gulf of Mexico. Regul. Rivers: Res. Mgmt. 14: 161–177.Rabalais, N. N., Turner, R. E., Wiseman, W. J., Jr & Dortch, Q. (1998) Consequences of the 1993 Mississippi River Flood in the Gulf of Mexico. Regulated Rivers...
The Great Flood of 1993 be- gan in early June with saturated soils and streams fi lled to capacity across the upper Midwest. Runoff from the ensuing persistent heavy rains of June, July, and August fi lled the streams and river chan- up to 38 inches in east-central Iowa. ...
The Mississippi River Flood of 1993 was caused by repeated heavy rain from thunderstorms over a period of weeks.Flash floods are quickly-rising floods which are usually the result of heavy rains over a short period of time often only several hours or even less. They can also be caused by ...
The-Mississippi-River-密西西比河PPT课件 .1 Contents •1Name •2Geography •3History •4Navigation&Floodcontrol •5Inpopularculture .2 Name •Nameorigin:Ojibweword(印第安人阿耳冈昆族语言)misi-ziibi,meaning"GreatRiver",gichi-ziibi,meaning"BigRiver"•Nickname TheFatherofWatersTheGatheringof...
•4Navigation&Floodcontrol •5Inpopularculture .3 Name •Nameorigin: Ojibweword(印第安人阿耳冈昆族语言) misi-ziibi,meaning"GreatRiver", gichi-ziibi,meaning"BigRiver" •Nickname TheFatherofWatersTheGatheringofWaters TheBigMuddyBodyofaNation ...
A suite of river discharge, tree-ring, sedimentary and climate data shows that the Mississippi’s flood magnitude has risen by about twenty per cent over the past half-century, largely owing to engineering works. Instrumental records of river discharge d
3-27.1 The Mississippi River—A Drain on the System The Mississippi River System is one of the largest drainage basins in the United States. The Mississippi has a large number of tributaries and distributaries. The major tributaries are the following rivers: Red, Arkansas, Illinois, Missouri, ...
RiverFlood Outline Outline •Setting/Overview •Causes •1927Flood •Effects •1927/1993Comparison "littleEuropeanriver...itwouldjustbeaholidayjob...towall it,andpileit,anddikeit,andtameitdown,andbossit around...Butthisain'tthatkindofariver." ...
The rising Mississippi River tested flood defenses in southeast Iowa and northwest Illinois as it neared forecast crests in the area Monday, driven by a spring surge of water from melting snow. The peak water levels this spring will likely rank in the top 10 of all time in many places, but...