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Topography/Geology of Vidalia vs Natchez
Posted on 5/20/14 at 8:07 am
Posted on 5/20/14 at 8:07 am
Can anyone explain why the look of each side of the river at the bridge is so different? Flat farmland on the Louisiana side, cliffs and rolling hills on the Mississippi side. Has the river been cutting into the land on the MS side? Two plates shifting? Someone made a deal, you get the riverboat, we get the cotton?
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Posted on 5/20/14 at 8:10 am to Kingpenm3
quote:If I'd known what would happen, I'd've picked my own riverboat
you get the riverboat, we get the cotton?
Posted on 5/20/14 at 8:11 am to Kingpenm3
Vicksburg just like it.
Posted on 5/20/14 at 8:14 am to Kingpenm3
This may be better suited on the Outdoor Board. You will only get jackass responses here.
Posted on 5/20/14 at 8:18 am to Kingpenm3
They did want a cotton port that would not flood when the Mississippi was high. There were no levees back then. Can you imagine how much water could flood into Vidalia without the levee when the river is really high?
Posted on 5/20/14 at 8:19 am to Kingpenm3
Alluvial sediment?
Posted on 5/20/14 at 8:21 am to Kingpenm3
I've heard it was the prevailing winds over a long period of time blowing dust/dirt in the atmosphere from the Great Plains in the west. As the dust crossed over the river, the moisture caused it to drop out on the east side creating the hills.
Posted on 5/20/14 at 8:28 am to Kingpenm3
It probably has something to do with Ferriday.
Posted on 5/20/14 at 8:36 am to Kingpenm3
quote:
Has the river been cutting into the land on the MS side?
this is how i see it
the LA side was where the river path has been moving from, leaving natural flat lands comprised of sediment
it has been further shifting towards MS and cutting into the hilly lands
of course, this has all been slowed/killed by man made levees and control
Posted on 5/20/14 at 8:39 am to Kingpenm3
the river right there is where Vidalia people go to take a piss and mississsippi people catch their fish.
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