Song of the Day: Flood Water Blues

For the next Song of the Day during Flood Month, we advance to 1937, another year of very high water along the Lower Mississippi. While the human tragedy didn't reach the levels of the flood ten years earlier, flood waters covered an area the size of Lake Superior, with communities along the Ohio River hit

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Floods Along the Mississippi River

Rivers naturally rise and fall, a natural cycle that is necessary to sustain the variety of life in its ecosystem. Some plants need high water to do well, while others won’t grow until some of the river dries out. Different kinds of wildlife rely on these plants for their diet and well-being. Periods of

By |2018-07-13T09:55:09-05:00March 11th, 2011|Mississippi River Facts|4 Comments
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