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USGS CMG InfoBank Geology School: Mississippi River Skip navigational links Search InfoBank     Dictionaries: The USGS and Science Education   USGS Fact Sheets   Topics   Keywords   Data Dictionary   Metadata Dictionary   Computer Terminology   Digital Formats InfoBank Terms: Activity ID   activity overview   crew   formal metadata   lines   metadata   NGDC   port stops   project/theme   region   ship   stations   time   virtual globe   year   Data Types: bathymetry   geodetic positioning   gravity   ground penetrating radar   imagery   LIDAR   magnetics   metering equipment   navigation   samples   seismic   definitions disclaimer   Data Formats: ARC coverage   E00   FGDC metadata   gridded/image   imaging   material   scattered/swath   Shapefile   vector/polygon       Title Comment Keywords Texture of Stream Beds 04:00 - 04:26 (00:26) / 0.8 MB "Dee Trent", river, stream, "water velocity", texture, gravel, boulder, mud, clay, "flow resistance", "Mississippi River" Meandering Streams 10:58 - 11:37 (00:39) / 0.7 MB "Douglas D. Rhodes", meander, river, stream, energy, valley, discharge, "Mississippi River", "New Orleans", Memphis, equilibrium Mississippi River 16:28 - 17:56 (01:28) / 1.5 MB river, humans, equilibrium, "Mississippi River", "United States", erosion, deposition, sediment, Minnesota, "Gulf of Mexico", bar, commerce, "New Orleans", "Baton Rouge", "North American Continent", "U.S. Army Corps of Engineers", "Red Eye Crossing", "river channel" Computer Model 20:29 - 21:13 (00:44) / 0.6 MB river, "Old River", dam, "U.S. Army Corps of Engineers", "Old River Control Project", river, "Mississippi River", "Atchafalaya River", "navigational lock", flow-rate, "Red Eye Crossing", "river channel", modeling, WES, "Waterways Experiment Station", discharge, "flow velocity", sediment, deposition Flooding Hazards 24:59 - 26:12 (01:13) / 2.5 MB "James Sadd", "Mississippi River", river, flood, landscape, discharge, water, humans, civilization, "geologic hazard", "United States" Running Water II: Landscape Evolution 30 minutes / n.a. river, "Mississippi River", sediment, valley, stream, landscape, erosion, dam, flow-rate, flood, deposition Distributaries 11:08 - 11:45 (00:37) / 0.6 MB distributary, delta, river, sediment, deposition, "Mississippi River", Louisiana, silt, sand, clay Mississippi River 11:45 - 13:01 (01:16) / 1.2 MB "Mississippi River", river, "river channel", sea, sediment, discharge, bank, flood, "Gulf of Mexico", levee, commerce, "stream course" Holding Its Course 13:01 - 14:27 (01:26) / 1.6 MB "Nancy Powell", "Mississippi River", river, "stream course", "river channel", "river bed", bank, "U.S. Army Corps of Engineers", flood, levee, commerce, "Baton Rouge", "New Orleans", "fresh water", erosion Atchafalaya 14:27 - 15:11 (00:44) / 1.0 MB "Mississippi River", "Atchafalaya River", river, "stream course", sea, "New Orleans", "Old River", "Gulf of Mexico", "stream capture" Stream Capture 15:11 - 16:11 (01:00) / 0.9 MB "Nancy Powell", "U.S. Army Corps of Engineers", "Atchafalaya River", "Mississippi River", "stream capture", river, Fiske, delta, sediment Old River Control Project 16:11 - 16:52 (00:41) / 0.7 MB "U.S. Army Corps of Engineers", "U.S. Congress", "Old River Control Project", river, "Old River", sediment, "Mississippi River", "Atchafalaya River", discharge, "Red River", flow-rate Old River Channel 16:52 - 17:32 (00:40) / 0.9 MB "Old River", dam, "U.S. Army Corps of Engineers", "Old River Control Project", river, "Mississippi River", "Atchafalaya River", "navigational lock", flow-rate Low Sill Structure 17:32 - 18:25 (00:53) / 1.1 MB "Old River", dam, "U.S. Army Corps of Engineers", "Old River Control Project", river, "Mississippi River", "Atchafalaya River", flow-rate, floodplain, flood 1973 Flood 18:25 - 19:44 (01:19) / 1.7 MB "Nancy Powell", "Old River", dam, "Old River Control Project", river, "Mississippi River", "Atchafalaya River", tributary, "New Orleans", thalweg, scouring Auxiliary Structure 19:44 - 20:54 (01:10) / 1.4 MB "Nancy Powell", "Old River", dam, "U.S. Army Corps of Engineers", "Old River Control Project", river, "Mississippi River", "Atchafalaya River", flow-rate, flood Monitoring the Flow-Rate 20:54 - 21:47 (00:53) / 1.1 MB "Old River", dam, "U.S. Army Corps of Engineers", "Old River Control Project", river, "Mississippi River", "Atchafalaya River", flow-rate, flood, "New Orleans District Office" Discharge 21:47 - 22:44 (00:57) / 1.1 MB "Old River", dam, "U.S. Army Corps of Engineers", "Old River Control Project", river, "Mississippi River", "Atchafalaya River", "flow velocity", flow-rate, discharge, sediment, scouring, equilibrium, gradient Bed Load 22:44 - 24:06 (01:22) / 1.2 MB "Nancy Powell", "Old River", dam, "U.S. Army Corps of Engineers", "Old River Control Project", river, "Mississippi River", "Atchafalaya River", "bed load", flow-rate, "flow velocity", sediment, scouring, transportation Control Nature 24:06 - 25:06 (01:00) / 1.5 MB "Douglas D. Rhodes", "Old River", dam, "U.S. Army Corps of Engineers", "Old River Control Project", river, "Mississippi River", "Atchafalaya River", flood, windstorm, wave Geology School Keywords Skip footer navigational links InfoBank   Menlo Park & Santa Cruz Centers   St. Petersburg Center   Woods Hole Center   Coastal and Marine Geology Program   Geologic Information   Ask-A-Geologist   USGS Disclaimer

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