Relation of forestry to the control of floods in the Mississippi Valley / Message from the President of the United States, transmitting communications from the secretary of agriculture submitting reports with reference to the relation of forestry to the control of floods in the Mississippi Valley ...

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

United States. Department of Agriculture.

Contributor:

Demmon, Edward Leonard. 1892-

Ashe, W. W. (William Willard), 1872-1932.

Zon, Raphael, 1874-1956.

Wolff, Meyer Henry. 1887-

Sherman, Edward Augustine, 1871-1940.

Munns, E. N. (Edward Norfolk), 1889-1972.

Maddox, Rufus S. (Rufus Sherrill), 1874-

McCarthy, Edward Florince. 1885-

Korstian, Clarence F. (Clarence Ferdinand), 1889-1968.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Floods--Mississippi River Valley.

Floods.

Mississippi River Valley.

Flood control.

Forests and forestry.

Physical Description:

vii, 740 pages : plates, maps, diagrams ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington : U.S. Govt. print. off., 1929.

Contents:

Protection forests of the Mississippi River watershed and their part in flood prevention. By E. A. Sherman.

Forest and flood relationships in the Mississippi River watershed. Prepared under the direction of E. A. Sherman ... by E. N. Munns; pt. 1. Forests as a factor in flood control within the upper Mississippi River basis. By Raphael Zon. pt. 2. Forest conditions within the Ohio River watershed. By E. F. McCarthy. pt. 3. Forest conditions within the lower Mississippi River basis. By E. L. Demmon. pt. 4. Watershed conditions within the Missouri River basin. By M. H. Wolff. pt. 5. Forest conditions within the Arkansas-White River basin. By W. W. Ashe. pt. 6. Forest conditions within the Red River-Ouachita basin. By E. L. Demmon.

Appendix 1. Detailed discussion of individual drainage basins.

Appendix 2. Additional area, climatic, and social data on the Ohio basin. By E. F. MaCarthy.

Appendix 3. Additional data on floods and run-off on Monongahela and Allegheny drainages. By E. F. McCarthy.

Appendix 4. Influence of forest cover upon load of suspended matter carried by streams in flood stage. By. C. F. Korstian.

Appendix 5. Tennessee in flood control of the Mississippi drainage. By. R. S. Maddox.

Appendix 6. Analysis of run-off and flood influences in the Missouri basin. By M. H. Wolff.

Appendix 7. Description of the Arkansas River. By W. W. Ashe.

Appendix 8. Types of floods and discharge characteristics of the Arkansas River. By. W. W. Ashe.

Appendix 9. Flood control by storage on Arkansas-White River basin. By W. W. Ashe.

Appendix 10. Proportion of floods contributed by different streams in the Arkansas basin. By W. W. Ashe.

Appendix 11. Description of floods in the Arkansas basin. By W. W. Ashe.

Notes:

Some plates printed on both sides of leaf.

Bibliography: pages 111-113, 167-172, 243-245.

OCLC:

6128507