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Why there is high risk of flood in a river basin that has just been deforested?
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What is a sentence with overflow in it?
The flood's effect could have been delayed by this overflow basin.
Where were glacial lakes whose dams broke at the end of the last ice age such that they might explain the ubiquity of flood stories like Gilgamesh or Noah?
Some catastrophic floods that have been suggested as sources for flood stories have been: * The flooding of the Mediterranean Sea basin due to the collapse of the Gibraltar straits. * The flooding of the Black Sea Basin due to the collapse of the Hellespont. * Seasonal flooding of the Nile River * Seasonal flooding of the Tigris River * Seasonal flooding of the Euphrates River
What do flood plains sandbars and the river have in common?
They have all been formed by Sandblasting
If the Nile river did not flood regularly how might life along the river have been different in ancient times?
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What area has been most affected by deforestation in Latin America?
The area that has been most affected by deforestation would be the Amazon River Basin.
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.
Why Huang he yellow river been called China's sorrow?
it creates maximum flood in china
Why are they letting water out of the river Mississippi?
There letting water out of the Mississippi because so then it wont flood as much as it has been.
Is the Big Sunflower River Manmade?
No it is not man made, but it has been altered by man for flood control reasons & barge traffic
What did louis jolliet find?
Louis Jolliet, along with Jacques Marquette, explored the Mississippi River in 1673. They found that the river flowed into the Gulf of Mexico, and they also established that the Mississippi River basin was not the Northwest Passage they had been searching for.
What us river has more than twenty major dams that have been built on it and its tributaries?
The Colorado River/Colorado River Basin has more than twenty major dams in the river system. However, the Columbia River System has more than four-hundred dams for hydroelectricity and such.
Why is a river after a flood a lot like a large dictionary?
A river after a flood is like a large dictionary because both contain a vast amount of information that has been scattered and disorganized. Just as a flooded river brings a jumble of debris and sediment, a large dictionary has an abundance of words and definitions that can feel overwhelming to navigate and make sense of.
