MISSISSIPPI- CASE STUDY
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- Mississippi Flood 1993
- CAUSES
- RIVER BASIN COULDN'T TAKE MUCH WATER
- HEAVY RAINFALL
- SNOW MELTING
- EFFECTS
- ECONOMIC
- DAMAGED COST $20 BILLION
- ENVIRONMENTAL
- FARMLANDS DESTROYED
- BRIDGES CLOSED
- 50 DIED
- 54,000 EVACUATED
- ECONOMIC
- AFFECTED PLACES
- ILLINOIS
- MINNESOTA
- NEBRASKA
- PREVENTIONS
- TENNESSEE RIVER
- USE AFFORESTATION AND DAMS OR RESERVOIRS
- SLOWS WATER RUNOFF
- UPPER BASIN CONTROLS FLOW TO LOWER BASIN
- USE AFFORESTATION AND DAMS OR RESERVOIRS
- MISSOURI
- LEVEES
- KEEPS WATER INSIDE IN TIMES OF FLOOD
- LEVEES
- NEW ORLEANS AND BATON ROUGE
- DIVERSIONARY SPILLWAYS
- TAKES WATER SURPLUS DURING FLOODS
- FROM NEW ORLEANS TO MISSISSIPPI ALONG 9KM SPILLWAY
- DIVERSIONARY SPILLWAYS
- TENNESSEE RIVER
- CAUSES
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