open spillway

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• Morganza Spillway — The Morganza Spillway, between the Mississippi River and the Atchafalaya Basin, shown while open in 1973. Water flows from the Mississippi (upper right) into the Morganza Floodway (lower left). The Morganza Spillway or Morganza Control Structure… …   Wikipedia

• Morganza Spillway — Als der Morganza Spillway 1973 das erste Mal geöffnet wurde, diente es vor allem dazu, den Wasserdruck auf die der Old River Control Structure zu verringern. Der Morganza Spillway ist ein Wasserbauwerk am Mississippi River oberhalb von Morganza… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Bonnet Carré Spillway — The Bonnet Carré Spillway is a flood control operation in the Lower Mississippi Valley. Located in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana about 12 miles west of New Orleans it allows floodwaters from the Mississippi River to flow into Lake Pontchartrain… …   Wikipedia

• 2011 Mississippi River floods — The Great 2011 Mississippi River floods 100 populated locations were experiencing major or moderate flooding on May 8, 2011. Source: National Weather Service …   Wikipedia

• Cuyahoga Valley National Park — IUCN Category II (National Park) Bedrock outcrops, such as this one, can be found throughout the park …   Wikipedia

• Mississippi River — For the river in Canada, see Mississippi River (Ontario). Coordinates: 29°09′04″N 89°15′12″W / 29.15111°N 89.25333°W / …   Wikipedia

• Risks to the Glen Canyon Dam — Glen Canyon Dam viewed from inside lower Glen Canyon The Glen Canyon Dam, a concrete arch dam on the Colorado River in the U.S. state of Arizona, has been associated with a large amount of risk, most notably the risk of its siltation and failure …   Wikipedia

• Sugarloaf/USA — Infobox ski area name= SUGARLOAF picture= SUGARLOAF.jpg caption= Sugarloaf Ski Resort location= Carrabassett Valley, Maine, United States nearest city= Farmington, Maine lat degrees=45 lat minutes=03 lat seconds= lat direction=N long degrees=70… …   Wikipedia

• dam — dam1 /dam/, n., v., dammed, damming. n. 1. a barrier to obstruct the flow of water, esp. one of earth, masonry, etc., built across a stream or river. 2. a body of water confined by a dam. 3. any barrier resembling a dam. v.t. 4. to furnish with a …   Universalium

• Dam — /dam, dahm/, n. (Carl Peter) Henrik /kahrl pee ter hen rik/; Dan. /kahrddl pay teuhrdd hen rddik/, 1895 1976, Danish biochemist: Nobel prize for medicine 1943. * * * I Barrier built across a stream, river, or estuary to conserve water for such… …   Universalium

• Hydraulic jump — A hydraulic jump is a phenomenon in the science of hydraulics which is frequently observed in open channel flow such as rivers and spillways. When liquid at high velocity discharges into a zone of lower velocity, a rather abrupt rise (a step or… …   Wikipedia