The first part of construction will build the sill to an elevation of -55 feet, and the Corps will monitor the progression of the saltwater wedge to determine if additional height is needed to meet ...
Since then, the river level has dropped steadily ... About 60% of U.S. grain exports are taken by barge down the Mississippi to NewOrleans, where the corn, soybeans and wheat is stored and ...
NewOrleans rests just up the MississippiRiver from Louisiana’s marshy southeastern coast. It is a region shaped by the MississippiRiver, which deposited sediment that formed strips of ...