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fanning delta


alluvial soils (Mississippi floodplain)


1874 Mississippi flood (pre-levees only policy)


1927 Mississippi flood (post-levees only)


contemporary spillways (Old River Control Structure diversions into Atchafalaya Basin, Bonnet Carre Spillway, Davis Pond Freshwater Diversion)


composite


delta wetland gradient


Atlantic hurricane paths (1851-present)