flood control structures

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• Flood control — For the protocol issue, see Flood control (communications). A weir was built on the Humber River (Ontario) to prevent a recurrence of a catastrophic flood. Flood control refers to all methods used to reduce or prevent the detrimental effects of… …   Wikipedia

• Flood control in the Netherlands — Without dikes, this part of the Netherlands would be flooded …   Wikipedia

• Flood Control Act of 1965 — The Flood Control Act of 1965, Title II of USPL|89|298, was enacted on October 27, 1965, by the 89th Congress and authorized the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to design and construct numerous flood control projects.… …   Wikipedia

• Green Brook Flood Control Project — Green Brook Flood Control is a flood control project in Somerset County in central New Jersey first proposed in the early 1970s in the wake of two major flooding events: a 1971 flood event and a major flood in August 1973, which ravaged the Green …   Wikipedia

• Clark County Regional Flood Control District — The Clark County Regional Flood Control District (CCRFCD) was created in 1985 by the Nevada Legislature allowing Clark County to provide broad solutions to flooding problems. The District has developed plans and so far successfully continued… …   Wikipedia

• flood — floodable, adj. flooder, n. floodless, adj. floodlike, adj. /flud/, n. 1. a great flowing or overflowing of water, esp. over land not usually submerged. 2. any great outpouring or stream: a flood of tears. 3. the Flood, the universal deluge… …   Universalium

• Flood (Halo) — infobox VG character name = Flood caption = Halo s Master Chief (left) encounters the Flood on Installation 04. series = Halo Series firstgame = (2001) creator = Robert McLees artist =The Flood are fictional parasitic alien life forms in Bungie s …   Wikipedia

• Flood — A flood is an overflow of an expanse of water that submerges land, a deluge.MSN Encarta Dictionary. [http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/dictionary/DictionaryResults.aspx?refid=1861612277 Flood.] Retrieved on 2006 12 28.] In the sense of… …   Wikipedia

• Old River Control Structure — The Old River Control Structure complex. View is to the east southeast, looking downriver on the Mississippi, with the three dams across channels leading to the Atchafalaya River to the right of the Mississippi. Concordia Parish, Louisiana is in… …   Wikipedia

• Great Flood of 1951 — In mid July 1951, heavy rains led to a great rise of water in the Kansas River and other surrounding areas. Flooding resulted in the Kansas, Neosho, Marais Des Cygnes, and Verdigris river basins. The damage in June and July 1951 exceeded 935… …   Wikipedia

• 1997 Red River Flood — The Sorlie Bridge connecting Grand Forks and East Grand Forks became submerged on April 17 Duration …   Wikipedia