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Pecos River watershed, New Mexico and Texas. Letter from Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, transmitting a survey report dated July 1950, of the Pecos River watershed in New Mexico and Texas, made under the provisions of the Flood Control Act approved June 22, 1936, as amended and supplemented. May 28, 1952. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Works and ordered to be printed with illustrations. by United States.Congress.House.(CARDINAL)146036; United States.Department of Agriculture.(CARDINAL)138479;
Subjects: Legislative materials.; Channels (Hydraulic engineering).; Flood control.; Hydrographic surveying.; Bodies of water.; Rivers.; Watersheds.; Cost.;
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Addendum to detailed project report, Scuppernong River, Washington County, North Carolina : draft / by United States.Army.Corps of Engineers.Wilmington District.(CARDINAL)163785;
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects: Flood control; Stream channelization;
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Environmental assessment : clearing and snagging operations / by United States.Army.Corps of Engineers.Wilmington District.(CARDINAL)163785;
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects: Stream channelization; Flood control; River engineering; North Caroliniana.;
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Brazos River watershed, Texas. Letter from Acting Secretary Department of Agriculture transmitting a survey report dated January 1951, together with accompanying papers and illustrations, of the Brazos River watershed in Texas, made under the provisions of the flood control act approved June 22, 1936, as amended and supplemented. March 20, 1952. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Works and ordered to be printed with illustrations. by United States.Congress.House.(CARDINAL)146036; United States.Department of Agriculture.(CARDINAL)138479;
Subjects: Legislative materials.; Channels (Hydraulic engineering).; Erosion.; Flood control.; Hydrographic surveying.; Riparian areas.; Rivers.; Bodies of water.; Runoff.; Watersheds.; Cost.;
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Above and below [videorecording] / by Albers, Helge,film producer.; Cardenas, Edward,commentator,on-screen participant.; Davis, April,commentator,on-screen participant.; Ethredge, Richard F.,commentator,on-screen participant.; Goodwin, Cythia,commentator,on-screen participant.; Hofer, Brigitte,film producer.; Seitler, Cornelia,film producer.; Steiner, Nicolas,film director,film producer.; Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg,production company.; Flying Moon Filmproduktion,production company.; Maximage (Firm),production company.; Oscilloscope Laboratories (Firm),publisher.; Paradox Paradise (Music collective),composer.; Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (Firm),production company.;
Extra features: Making above and below : an new interview with director Nicolas Steiner -- Deleted scenes -- Theatrical trailer.Director of photography, Markus Nestroy ; editor, Kaya Inan ; original score, Paradox Paradise.Featuring, Edward Cardenas, Cynthia Goodwin, Richard F. Ethredge, April Davis.Contrasts the experiences and philosophical musings of homeless individuals surviving in the flood channels beneath Las Vegas and in the California desert with scientists conducting research in the Utah desert in preparation for an expedition to Mars.Rating: Not rated.DVD; NTSC, Region 0; widescreen presentation, 2.35:1 aspect ratio ; stereo, surround 5.1.Swiss Film Award, winner; International Film Festival Rotterdam, official selection; HotDocs, official selection; Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, official selection; Festival Del Film Locarno, official selection
Subjects: Biographical films.; Documentary films.; Feature films.; Nonfiction films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Deserts; Extraterrestrial bases; Flood control channels; Homeless persons; Self-reliant living; Self-reliant living; Underground homeless persons;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The source : how rivers made America and America remade its rivers / by Doyle, Martin,1973-author.(CARDINAL)677950;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-334) and index.Part one: Federalism. Navigating the republic -- Life on the Mississippi -- The rise of the levees -- Flood control -- Part two: Sovereignty and property. Water wars -- A new water market -- Part three: Taxation. Running water -- Burning rivers -- Part four: Regulation. Regulating power -- The power of a river -- Part five: Conservation. Channelization -- The restoration economy.A history of the role of rivers in shaping American politics, economics, and society draws on experts from diverse backgrounds to explore how the natural and human transformations of rivers have made a significant impact on the nation.
Subjects: Rivers; Water resources development; Floodplain management; Water conservation;
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Built for the people: [videorecording] / the story of TVA /
MPAA Rating: NRTells the history of Tennessee Valley Authority, especially the first dam, Norris Dam. In 1933 with President Roosevelt, TVA was given the broadest possible mission: to tame the forces of nature, create cheap energy, and produce a lasting prosperity in the Depression-wracked Tennessee Valley, a region the size of Great Britain. Several people talk about how TVA changed the lives of the region for the better.DVD, region 1, widescreen presentation, Dolby Digital 5.0.
Subjects: Electric power plants; Flood Control; Tennessee Valley Authority;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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The flood [videorecording] / by National Geographic Channel (Television station : Washington, D.C.),broadcaster.(CARDINAL)326996; Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.,publisher.(CARDINAL)340075;
Narrated by Angela Bassett.The Okavango is one of the most diverse habitats on earth, a kingdom like no other. Here, the arrival and disappearance of sweet fresh water alters the balance of life for so many. The rising water is both a sanctuary and a trap, giving and taking life in equal measure. Above and below the surface, never-ending battles of wits and survival play out. This is a place of spectacular natural dramas where the fortunes of tens of thousands of animals each year are controlled by one ruler.DVD; Dolby digial 5.1; Region 1, NTSC.
Subjects: Documentary television programs.; Nature television programs.; Nonfiction television programs.; Television series.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Wildlife television programs.; Floodplain ecology; Floods;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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In praise of floods : the untamed river and the life it brings / by Scott, James C.,author.(CARDINAL)709190;
"Rivers, on a long view, are alive. They are born; they change; they shift their channels; they forge new routes to the sea; they move both gradually and violently; they can teem (usually) with life; they may die a quasi-natural death; they are frequently maimed and even murdered. It is the annual flood pulse-the brief time when the river occupies the floodplain-that gives a river its vitality, but it is human engineering that kills it, suppressing the flood pulse with dams, irrigation, siltation, dikes, and levees. In demonstrating these threats to the riverine world, award-winning author James C. Scott examines the life history of a particular river, the Ayeyarwady (Irrawaddy) of Burma, the heartland and superhighway of Burman culture."--Dust jacket.
Subjects: River engineering; Flood control; Stream ecology; Valley ecology;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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Sunken lands : a journey through flooded kingdoms and lost worlds / by Rees, Gareth E.,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."From Stone Age lands that slipped beneath the English Channel to the rapid inundation of New Orleans, Gareth E. Rees explores stories of flooded places from the past - and those disappearing before our eyes. The places lost to the eternally shifting boundaries between water and land continue to have a powerful emotional resonance today. Their uncertain features emerge to haunt us, briefly, when the moon draws back the tide to reveal a spire or a tree stump. And, imbued with myths and warnings from the past, these underwater worlds can also teach us important lessons about the unavoidability of change, the ebb and flow of Earth's natural cycles, and the folly of trying to control them. Sunken Lands peels back the layers of silt, sea and mythology to reveal what our submerged past can tell us about our imminent future as rising sea levels transform our planet once more." --
Subjects: Floods; Undersea colonies.; Coastal settlements.; Cities and towns;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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