Hard Engineering Flashcards
1
Q
Who
A
U.S. army corps of engineering
2
Q
They built these along the banks
A
Levees
3
Q
Built this to control flow
A
Dams
4
Q
Did this to straighten
A
Re alignment
5
Q
What did it help reduce
A
Small scale flooding
6
Q
What type of land was introduced
A
Farmland with economic profit
7
Q
River becke easier to navigate by
A
Boats
8
Q
Levees meant magnitude was worse why
A
Allowed a higher volume of water to be held in the channel
9
Q
Disadvantage of farmland
A
Used to absorb water
10
Q
Where
A
Mississippi usa
