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    The project design flood is a hypothetical "maximum probable" flood of the Mississippi River used by the United States Army Corps of Engineers to aid...
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    portion of the project was completed in 1954. It subsequently became incorporated into the Mississippi River Commission's 1956 project design flood, which added...
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    the Lower Atchafalaya Basin in south-central Louisiana. It has a project design flood flow capacity of 250,000 cu ft/s (7,100 m3/s). The Atchafalaya Basin...
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    constructed after the low-sill structure was damaged during the Mississippi River Flood of 1973. The complex also contains a navigation lock and the Sidney A. Murray...
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    River-Napa Creek Flood Protection Project is a Civil Works project of the US Army Corps of Engineers in the city of Napa, California. The Project area includes...
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    Retrieved June 21, 2006. The Mississippi River & Tributaries Project: Designing the Project Flood (PDF). Information Paper. United States Army Corps of Engineers...
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    peaked at 1.38 million cubic feet per second (ft3/s) on May 13. The project design flood capacity at Baton Rouge is 1.38 million ft3/s (39,077.25 m3/s). The...
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    MOSE (redirect from Venice flood barrier)
    Electromechanical Module') is a project intended to protect the city of Venice, Italy, and the Venetian Lagoon from flooding. The project is an integrated system...
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    intense floods and increased flood risk. The types of floods include areal flooding, riverine flooding, coastal flooding and urban flooding. There is...
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    Control Structure. The US Army Corps of Engineers refers to this design goal as Project Flood. the expected flow will be on the high side, but still within...
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