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Q: Which theme of geography is best illustrated by people building dams and levees along the Mississippi River?
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What are the flood defenses built in the Mississippi River?

levees & wing dipes


How many kilometers along the Mississippi river are protected by levees?

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How do people adapted to Mississippi River?

Some people in the southern United States adapted to Mississippi River floods by building their houses on stilts. The Army Corps of Engineers built many levees along the river to keep flood waters back.


How do people adapt to Mississippi floods?

Some people in the southern United States adapted to Mississippi River floods by building their houses on stilts. The Army Corps of Engineers built many levees along the river to keep flood waters back.


Are the levees in New Orleans natural?

No, the levees are man-made embankments, built in the hope of preventing the Mississippi River from flooding the surrounding area.


The Chinese built dikes along the bank of the Huang to?

..... stop floods, just like the levees on the Mississippi.


How can building up natural levees cause flooding worse downstream?

By building levees up you are able to "funnel" more water down stream to a point that has not been built up! This will cause more water to over flow the river banks creating a worse flood condition!


What are the pros of levee protection on the Mississippi river?

One pro is that the levees help protect the land from a floodplain. Also, the levees help during hurricanes [that's the only one..I think]. But sometimes the levees are not always useful. Just like hurricane Katrina, the levees didn't help or work when the water flooded over from the water in the Gulf of Mexico.


What are three land formations in Louisiana made by rivers?

Levees, the Mississippi delta & Flood Plain.


How do people adapt to rivers?

Some people in the southern United States adapted to Mississippi River floods by building their houses on stilts. The Army Corps of Engineers built many levees along the river to keep flood waters back.


How have people adapted flooding along the Mississippi River?

Some people in the southern United States adapted to Mississippi River floods by building their houses on stilts. The Army Corps of Engineers built many levees along the river to keep flood waters back.


What has been gained by engineering the Mississippi River and Atchafalaya Rivers and what has been lost?

the rivers don't flood, but the Louisiana wetlands are lost from the levees.