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Jun 1909
The Floods of the Mississippi Delta: Their Causes, and Suggestions as to their Control
Publication: Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers
Volume 63, Issue 2
Abstract
One of the great engineering problems of the age, if not the greatest, is to obtain such control of the waters of the Mississippi River as to prevent those periodical overflows which, in the past, have devastated and made desolate the entire area of its delta. This delta is probably the most extensive in the world, and has been formed, during past ages, by the discharge of the waters of the greatest river in the world, certainly the longest, in miles, and with a volume of discharge not exceeded by any, unless it be the Amazon, in South America.
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Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers
Volume 63 • Issue 2 • June 1909
Pages: 53 - 72
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© 1909 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published in print: Jun 1909
Published online: Feb 10, 2021
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William D. Pickett, M.ASCE
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