Lake Itasca, the source of the Mississippi River is in which state.
Respuesta
Mississippi
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Illinois
Pregunta 2
Pregunta
The Mississippi- Missouri drainage basin covers what proportion of the USA.
Respuesta
1/3
1/2
1/5
3/5
Pregunta 3
Pregunta
Until what year was the Mississippi River considered 'untameable'.
Respuesta
1971
1993
1911
1927
Pregunta 4
Pregunta
The hard engineering strategies along the Mississippi River were designed to withstand a 1:100 year flood event.
What was the 1993 flood estimated to be?
Respuesta
A 1:150 year flood.
A 1:250 year flood.
A 1:500 year flood.
A 1:1000 year flood.
Pregunta 5
Pregunta
How many people died in the 1993 Mississippi River Flood.
Respuesta
50
97
101
348
Pregunta 6
Pregunta
What flood management strategies were introduced after the 1927 flood? Select five answers?
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Dams and Reservoirs
Afforestation
Diversionary Spillways
Channelisation
Strengthening Levees
River Restoration
Wetland and Riverbank Conservation
Pregunta 7
Pregunta
How many federal levees broke or were overtopped in the 1993 flood?
Respuesta
31
49
14
22
Pregunta 8
Pregunta
After the 1927 flood, how many dams were built along the Missouri stretch of the Mississippi River?
Respuesta
6
2
3
8
Pregunta 9
Pregunta
The 19 reservoirs and dams created by Tennessee Valley Authority limited river levels to 9.8m in 1957. What would the river level have been without this management?
Respuesta
16.5
19.2
21.3
32.6
Pregunta 10
Pregunta
Between 1934 and 1945 a 530km stretch of the Mississippi River was shortened by how much?