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Mathur, Anuradha.

Mississippi Floods : designing a shifting landscape. / txt Anuradha Mathur and Dilip da Cunha. - xv, 161 p. ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 28 cm. book

Include index.

Contents:
Preface xi --
Introduction 1 --
Greenville Bends / Yazoo Delta Meanders 29 Blues Meanders --
Engineered Curves --
Depositing Depth --
Lateral Moves --
Raising Hollers --
Extending Horizons --
Draining Waters --
Flooding Soil --
Basin 13 Basin/Model / Mississippi Basin --
Old River Control / Atchafalaya Floodway Flows 69 --
Arresting Time --
Dividing Floods --
Spreading Waters --
Acadian Flows --
Leveling Discourse --
Moving Sediment --
Banks 97 Baton Rouge to New Orleans / River Corridor --
Cultivating Banks --
Crevassing Levees --
Channeling Crossings --
Floating Matters --
Ranging Sights --
Beds 125 The Passes / Birdfoot Delta --
Passing Depth --
Eroding Continent --
Piloting Exchange --
Gathering Basin --
Epilogue 151 --
Notes 154 --
Index 159 --


ISBN: 0300084307

Subjects--Personal Names:
Mathur, Anuradha--Exhibitions.
Cunha, Dilip da--Exhibitions.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Landscape assessment--Mississippi River Valley.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Mississippi River Valley--In art--Exhibitions.

LC Class. No.: N6537.M3943 / M38 2001

Dewey Class. No.: 917.7/02