Floods and Flood Control
Floods and Flood Control

Author: Tennessee Valley Authority

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Published: 1961

Total Pages: 328

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Floods and Flood Control is one of a series of special technical reports covering important phases of the work of TVA's Office of Engineering. The principle concern of the report is the technical engineering aspects of floods and flood control of the Tennessee River Basin and the effect of this control downstream on the lower Ohio and Mississippi Rivers.

The 1973 Mississippi River Basin Flood
The 1973 Mississippi River Basin Flood

Author: Edwin H. Chin

Publisher:

Published: 1975

Total Pages: 156

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The severe 1973 spring flood in the Mississippi River basin had its beginnings in the mild, wet fall and winter of 1972. Many tributary streams and reservoir levels were well above normal throughout the basin when heavy spring rains begin to fall. Frequent and prolonged warm rains associated with extratropical cyclones and frontal activities fell over large areas of the Mississippi basin in March and April 1973. The cumulative effect of those rainfalls lead to the 1973 Mississippi River basin flood, characterized by its long duration, high volumes of runoff, and large coincident tonnage of sediment transported.