2.1 Flood Events
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- RIVER MANAGEMENT How much daily water is piped from Colorado and tyo where?
- 70%, San Diego
- RIVER MANAGEMENT Which desert cities and state have experienced largest population rises
- Nevada up +37% 1991-8 Las Vegas, Tuscon, Phoenix
- RIVER MANAGEMENT How much farmland is irrigated, how much mkw produiced?
- 800k famland 120 mkw
- RIVER MANAGEMENT How is it being managed
- Variety of state and federal projects. No overall control. Dams primarily for HEP, the flow control then irrigation.
- RIVER MANAGEMENT What is the probelm for farmers in Baja Califonria
- They recieve little water. What they do get is polluted and salty.
- RIVER MANAGEMENT What year and what name was the flood event caused by human error?
- 1983 Parker Valley
- RIVER MANAGEMENT Little sediment reached delta resulting in...
- Fish and birds that thrive on this ecosystem are dying out.
- MEDC FLOOD MISSISSIPPI How much of America does this river drain
- 2/3rds
- MEDC FLOOD MISSISSIPPI When and why is the peak period for flooding
- Late spring. Cyclonic rainfall.
- MEDC FLOOD MISSISSIPPI When was the unexpected flood event
- 1993,
- MEDC FLOOD MISSISSIPPI By how much had the river been straightened
- 1750k
- MEDC FLOOD MISSISSIPPI How high were levees.
- up to 15m and afforestation
- MEDC FLOOD MISSISSIPPI How much more reainfall than everage was experienced in several parts of the USA
- 200%
- MEDC FLOOD MISSISSIPPI Damage in $
- $10bn
- MEDC FLOOD MISSISSIPPI Deaths, houses destoryed
- 45, 45k
- MEDC FLOOD MISSISSIPPI Crops destroyed $
- 6.5 bn