Managing the Lower Mississippi River Landscape for Strategic Navigational and Flood Control
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چکیده
The Lower Mississippi River flows from the confluence of Ohio and at Cairo, Illinois into Gulf Mexico. pathway shifts have shaped re-shaped landscapes through which they flow where their sediment-laden tributary waters co-mingle on voyage to For much history, lands adjacent were bottomlands that flooded with seasons unconstrained by human river training structures. Since 1717 European nations fought over strategic navigational control River. After Louisiana Purchase in 1803, United States took controlled During Civil War, 1861-1865, Union Confederate forces battled for primary objective this paper was highlight how flooding geological landscape resources responsible successful economic development rich historical region North America.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Open Journal of Soil Science
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['2162-5360', '2162-5379']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4236/ojss.2021.116016