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Why did the Mississippi River get it's original route through BR and Nola?
Posted on 3/25/24 at 4:22 pm
Posted on 3/25/24 at 4:22 pm
I know water will always take the path of highest negative gradient and from where the 3 rivers (Red, Atchafalya, MS) meet, it's 100 straight miles through Morgan City to gulf and 200 straight miles through Venice. There is going to be a larger negative slope through Morgan City with a shorter travel distance. So why did it take the route through BR and Nola?
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Posted on 3/25/24 at 4:25 pm to Saunson69
This post was edited on 3/25/24 at 4:28 pm
Posted on 3/25/24 at 4:25 pm to Saunson69
Rock and land formations, elevation relative to each other, because God said “frick Morgan City”
Take your pick
Take your pick
Posted on 3/25/24 at 4:25 pm to Saunson69
Because it was just a land mass prior to becoming 2 cities.
Posted on 3/25/24 at 4:25 pm to Saunson69
The explanation you want is found in the word "meander".
Posted on 3/25/24 at 4:26 pm to Saunson69
it was swishing all back and forth throughout history. we locked it in with levees/ control structures.
This post was edited on 3/25/24 at 4:27 pm
Posted on 3/25/24 at 4:26 pm to Saunson69
Cause Shreve fricked up.
Posted on 3/25/24 at 4:26 pm to Saunson69
Why do people drive on parkways but park on driveways?
It's a communist plot.
It's a communist plot.
Posted on 3/25/24 at 4:27 pm to Saunson69
Fun fact: The mouth of the Mississippi has ranged from Galveston to BIloxi.
Posted on 3/25/24 at 4:33 pm to Jim Rockford
also the driving force behind coastal land loss. not erosion, necessarily, but rather subsidence. south louisiana would not exist without regular sediment-heavy flooding following the glaciers retreating.
This post was edited on 3/25/24 at 4:34 pm
Posted on 3/25/24 at 4:45 pm to Saunson69
Even the Mississippi likes to have a good time in the French Quarter.
Posted on 3/25/24 at 4:48 pm to Saunson69
Path of least resistance has always been between BR and NOLA.
Posted on 3/25/24 at 4:50 pm to Saunson69
The MS River has been trying reroute it's path to the Gulf of Mexico ever since Capt Shreve connected the three rivers. Man built a water control structure that diverts 1/3 of the flow down the Atchafalaya and 2/3s of flow stays on its current course.
Posted on 3/25/24 at 5:01 pm to Saunson69
Soil density and composition. Some soft, some rocky, some dense, some loose. It's not just elevations.
Posted on 3/25/24 at 5:03 pm to armytiger96
quote:
The MS River has been trying reroute it's path to the Gulf of Mexico
It will eventually succeed.
Posted on 3/25/24 at 5:04 pm to Saunson69
Go check out the Harold Fisk maps baw. There are 22 of them that show the historical path of the river from Southern Illinois to the gulf.
Posted on 3/25/24 at 5:10 pm to geauxjuice
quote:it was always a pretty ghey river
it was swishing all back and forth throughout history
Posted on 3/25/24 at 5:14 pm to poochie
The mouth of the Mississippi originally was closer to Baton Rouge than NOLA but the river itself deposited all of the land that is between Baton Rouge, NOLA and the current mouth.
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