In the article, the author mentions that when a man named Norris F Rabalais was a child, there were no “Navigation Locks” in Mississippi, and this is one of the topics in the article that I have decided to write about.
To be precise, the first system of navigation locks that were built in the state of Mississippi were authorized for construction is 1930, and this allowed larger “river vessels” to safely navigate the areas where the locks were, as the new lock would raise the water level through lowering the water level in another area. In Mississippi’s case, the locks are used as a form of navigation, and not as a form of flood control. In the St. Pail District, there are 13 locks and dams, which start up in the upper part of the St. Anthony …show more content…
The Atchafalaya River is mentioned countless(ish) times inside of the article, so finding information about it was relatively easy.
In total, the Atchafalaya is one hundred and thirty seven miles long, or two hundred and twenty kilometers. As I have already said many times before in this essay, the river is part of the Mississippi, in the form that it is a distributary for the Mississippi River. The river flows south, and is awesomely enough the fifth largest river in North America (by discharge.) The name of the river itself actually comes from Choctaw, as Atchafalaya means “long river.”
The river itself is navigable and even provides a significant source of industrial shipping into the state of Louisiana, making it more than just a larger than normal run-off. Maintenance of the river is taken care of by the U.S. Corps of Engineers, and has been for over a century. Over time, events like the natural development of the river, channel training and maintenance for flood control have all contributed in isolating the swampy are of the Atchafalaya to form the Atchafalaya Basin, which is located in southern Louisiana, near the Gulf of Mexico. As the swamp has few obvious uses, its main function is to serve as the home of the Atchafalaya Sherburne Complex Wildlife Management Area, which was created as a joint project by the U.S. fish and wildlife service, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, and (not surprisingly) the U.S Corps of Engineers. The wildlife area consists of 44,000 acres of mostly swamp
To be precise, the first system of navigation locks that were built in the state of Mississippi were authorized for construction is 1930, and this allowed larger “river vessels” to safely navigate the areas where the locks were, as the new lock would raise the water level through lowering the water level in another area. In Mississippi’s case, the locks are used as a form of navigation, and not as a form of flood control. In the St. Pail District, there are 13 locks and dams, which start up in the upper part of the St. Anthony …show more content…
The Atchafalaya River is mentioned countless(ish) times inside of the article, so finding information about it was relatively easy.
In total, the Atchafalaya is one hundred and thirty seven miles long, or two hundred and twenty kilometers. As I have already said many times before in this essay, the river is part of the Mississippi, in the form that it is a distributary for the Mississippi River. The river flows south, and is awesomely enough the fifth largest river in North America (by discharge.) The name of the river itself actually comes from Choctaw, as Atchafalaya means “long river.”
The river itself is navigable and even provides a significant source of industrial shipping into the state of Louisiana, making it more than just a larger than normal run-off. Maintenance of the river is taken care of by the U.S. Corps of Engineers, and has been for over a century. Over time, events like the natural development of the river, channel training and maintenance for flood control have all contributed in isolating the swampy are of the Atchafalaya to form the Atchafalaya Basin, which is located in southern Louisiana, near the Gulf of Mexico. As the swamp has few obvious uses, its main function is to serve as the home of the Atchafalaya Sherburne Complex Wildlife Management Area, which was created as a joint project by the U.S. fish and wildlife service, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, and (not surprisingly) the U.S Corps of Engineers. The wildlife area consists of 44,000 acres of mostly swamp