designing a shifting landscape Mathur, Anuradha. creator Cunha, Dilip da. text bibliography ctu 2001 monographic eng

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xv, 161 p. ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 28 cm. 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 -- Anuradha Mathur and Dilip da Cunha. Include index. Mathur, Anuradha Exhibitions Cunha, Dilip da Exhibitions Landscape assessment Mississippi River Valley Mississippi River Valley In art Exhibitions N6537.M3943 M38 2001 917.7/02 0300084307 pucpr 000823 20260731105742.0 eng