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The Old River Control Structure is a floodgate system in a branch of the Mississippi River in central Louisiana. It regulates the flow of water from the...

throughout the upper and lower river, the Mississippi is further controlled by thousands of wing dikes that moderate the river's flow in order to maintain...

development of the river channel, coupled with channel training and maintenance for flood control and navigation, have combined to isolate the river from the swamp...

confluence is connected to the Mississippi River by the Old River Control Structure. The south bank of the Red River formed part of the US–Mexico border from...

Mississippi River System, also referred to as the Western Rivers, is a mostly riverine network of the United States which includes the Mississippi River and connecting...

Mississippi River Delta is the confluence of the Mississippi River with the Gulf of Mexico in Louisiana, southeastern United States. The river delta is a...

permanently connected the Atchafalaya River to the Mississippi River. From then until the completion of the Old River Control Structure in 1963, the Mississippi...

Counties, Texas Other Old River Control Structure, connecting the Red River to the Atchafalaya and Mississippi Rivers This disambiguation page lists articles...

Banqiao dam began in April 1951 on the Ru River with the help of Soviet consultants as part of a project to control flooding and provide electrical power...

Birth control, also known as contraception, anticonception, and fertility control, is the use of methods or devices to prevent unintended pregnancy. Birth...

functions under other statutes; flood and river control under the Soil Conservation and Rivers Control Act 1941, reserves vested in regional councils under...

Controllability is an important property of a control system and plays a crucial role in many control problems, such as stabilization of unstable systems...

Martin is downstream from the Fairford River with its Fairford River Control Structure. The Fairford River is the only outlet for Lake Manitoba. With...

Mountains". These respectively describe the Old River Control Structure regulating inflow to the Atchafalaya River; the Eldfell volcanic eruption of 1973; and...

Mississippi's flow, after the Mississippi meandered into the Red River of the South. The Old River Control Structure, a dam which regulates the outflow from the...

problems through river draining, which produced the Lok Ma Chau Loop. International Bridge near Lin Ma Hang–Changling Heung Yuen Wai Control Point–Liantang...

who organized efforts to control water. The origin of Chinese nation is closely tied to the management of the Yellow River. After Qin Shi Huang unified...

Tallahatchie River have outcrops of iron sandstone. As part of the Flood Control Act of 1936, the federal government built an earth-filled flood control dam on...

administrator and is revered for his work on the Dujiangyan River Control System, which both controlled flooding and provided irrigation water year-round, greatly...

767°E / 34.933; 76.767 The Line of Control (LoC) is a military control line between the Indian- and Pakistani-controlled parts of the former princely state...