Predicting Land Buildup in Missippi Delta (IMAGE)

American Geophysical Union

Predicting Land Buildup in Missippi Delta

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Cuts in levees along the Mississippi River could cause new delta land to form as depicted above (within white semicircles), a computer model predicts.

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American Geophysical Union, NASA World Wind

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