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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.

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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.


Has gulfport Mississippi had any floods or tornadoes?

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Is it good or bad when the Mississippi river floods?

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A summary of the book floods wrestling with the Mississippi by patrica lauber?

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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 there floods in Illinois?

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How do humans and animals adapt to floods?

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What adaptations do the organisms have that allow them to survive in the rainforest?

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What has the author B E Colson written?

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What has the author Alfred Judson Henry written?

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

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


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.