61. USIA - Portrait Of The USA, Ch. 2 This chapter examines American geography, history, and customs through the NorthCarolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/facts/factover/ch2.htm

People History Government Business ... Contents Chapter Two FROM SEA TO SHINING SEA Geography and regional characteristics high temperatures on a given day in the United States to reach 70 degrees Fahrenheit (about 40 degrees Celsius). The United States owes much of its national character and its wealth to its good fortune in having such a large and varied landmass to inhabit and cultivate. Yet the country still exhibits marks of regional identity, and one way Americans cope with the size of their country is to think of themselves as linked geographically by certain traits, such as New England self-reliance, southern hospitality, midwestern wholesomeness, western mellowness. This chapter examines American geography, history, and customs through the filters of six main regions: New England , made up of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island. The Middle Atlantic , comprising New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Maryland. The South , which runs from Virginia south to Florida and west as far as central Texas. This region also includes West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, and parts of Missouri and Oklahoma. The Midwest , a broad collection of states sweeping westward from Ohio to Nebraska and including Michigan, Indiana, Wisconsin, Illinois, Minnesota, Iowa, parts of Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota, Kansas, and eastern Colorado.

62. Mississippi River Delta Basin mississippi River Delta Basin. (Time lapsed animation of basin from 1956 to1993.). CWPPRA Restoration Sites for the mississippi River Delta Basin. http://www.lacoast.gov/geography/mr/index.asp

Home Geography Mississippi River Delta Basin The Mississippi River has had a profound effect on the landforms of coastal Louisiana. The entire area is the product of sediment deposition following the latest rise in sea level about 5,000 years ago. Each Mississippi River deltaic cycle was initiated by a gradual capture of the Mississippi River by a distributary which offered a shorter route to the Gulf of Mexico. After abandonment of an older delta lobe, which would cut off the primary supply of fresh water and sediment, an area would undergo compaction, subsidence, and erosion. The old delta lobe would begin to retreat as the gulf advanced, forming lakes, bays, and sounds. Concurrently, a new delta lobe would begin its advance gulfward. This deltaic process has, over the past 5,000 years, caused the coastline of south Louisiana to advance gulfward from 15 to 50 miles, forming the present-day coastal plain. For the last 1,200 years, sediment deposition has occurred primarily at the mouth of the Mississippi River's Plaquemines-Balize delta, in the area defined as the Mississippi River Delta Basin. This delta is located on the edge of the continental shelf of the Gulf of Mexico. Its ìbird's footî configuration is characteristic of alluvial deposition in deep water. In this configuration large volumes of sediment are required to create land area; consequently, land is being lost in this delta more rapidly than it is being created. The Mississippi River Delta Basin comprises approximately 521,000 acres of land and shallow estuarine water area in the active Mississippi River delta. Approximately 83 percent of this area, or 420,000 acres, is open water. The 101,100 acres of land in the basin are characterized by low relief, with the most prominent features being natural channel banks and dredged material disposal areas along the Mississippi River, its passes, and man-made channels. Coastal marshes make up approximately 61,650 acres or about 61 percent of the total land area in the Mississippi River Delta Basin. Eighty-one percent of this marsh is fresh, 17 percent is intermediate, and 2 percent is brackish-saline.

63. Mississippi River Basin Dynamics mississippi River Basin Dynamics. Much of the mississippi River DeltaBasin has experienced rapid coastal land loss (figure 14). http://www.lacoast.gov/geography/mr/miss_basdyn.html

Home Geography Mississippi River Delta Mississippi River Basin Dynamics Much of the Mississippi River Delta Basin has experienced rapid coastal land loss (figure 14). Recent land loss estimates for the basin average between 819 (Barras et al. 1994) and 1,337 acres/year (Dunbar et al. 1992). Since 1932, the basin has lost approximately 70% of its total land area (LCWCRTF 1993). At current loss rates, up to 26,740 acres will be lost during the next 20 years (53,600 acres over 50 years) if no wetland restoration efforts are implemented. This land is being lost due to many factors, including compaction causing a subsidence rate of 5 feet per century, loss of sediment, possible fault zones, tidal and boat wake erosion, sea level rise, hurricanes, and human activities such as maintenance of navigation channels and construction of canals for mineral exploration. The basin comprises approximately 521,000 acres, of which 83% is open water. The remaining 101,000 acres consists of freshwater to brackish marshes that are highly valuable as fish and wildlife habitat. Mississippi River Basin Home News Calendar ... Kids' Corner Other Restoration Coast 2050 Brown Marsh BTNEP Caernarvon ... Email LaCoast

64. Cyndi's List - U.S. - Mississippi towns. American Memory Railroad Maps 18281900 - mississippi Fromthe geography and Map Division, Library of Congress. Circa 1930 http://www.cyndislist.com/ms.htm

document.write(''); U.S. - Mississippi Main Index Alphabetical Index Topical Index "No Frills" Index ... Text-Only Index Search this page: Edit, Find Search the entire site: The index links below work best if you allow your web browser to load the entire page first. Category Index: General Resource Sites Military Newspapers Occupations ... Records: Census, Cemeteries, Land, Obituaries, Personal, Taxes and Vital Also see this new page for Mississippi: Related Categories: United States Index General U.S. Sites Library of Congress National Archives ... U.S. - Vital Records Planting Your Family Tree Online Preview the Table of Contents Cyndi's List The BOOK! 2nd Edition 2 Volumes Netting Your Ancestors Genealogy Bookstore In association with Amazon.com Ancestry Magazine Genealogical.com GPC and Clearfield Company Genealogy Warehouse Submit a New Link Report a Broken Link Update a Link General Resource Sites This outstanding outline introduces records and strategies that can help you learn more about your ancestors. It explains terms associated with this state's particular genealogy research and describes the content, use, and availability of major genealogical records. Surname registry, female ancestors, ancestors archive, marriage records databases and links.

65. GEsource World Guide - United States geography and Maps. Valley, Lake Superior (82,260 km2), Lake Huron (59,580 km2), LakeMichigan (58,020 km2), Lake Erie (25,710 km2), mississippi river (6,020 km http://www.gesource.ac.uk/worldguide/html/1054_map.html

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66. Jackson Academy, Jackson, Mississippi - Secondary Library Writing Family General Interest geography/World Government LibraryProfessional Literature Mathematics mississippi Music News http://www.jacksonacademy.org/library/links/geografy.html

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67. Geography/Cultures - FUN Books of North America are covered as well as an introduction to world geography in the theGreat Plains Southwest (Tree in the Trail); and the mississippi River http://www.fun-books.com/geography.htm

For a lifetime of learning fun! If you are unable to see the blue navigation buttons below, go to Contents for text links or use our Search function. Geography/Cultures Far and Near Holling C. Holling Classics Minn of the Mississippi Follow the adventures of Minn, a snapping turtle, as she travels hundreds of miles from the source of the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico. Learn about bayous, keel boats and more. Paper, 87 pp. Paddle-to-the-Sea written and illustrated by Holling Clancy Holling. A Caldecott honor book written in 1941, the story follows the adventures of a small canoe with a tiny figure inside. Carved by an Indian boy in Canada and named Paddle-to-the-Sea, the canoe is released above the Great Lakes, and the reader follows the canoe throughout its travels to a sawmill, through the Great Lakes, over Niagara Falls, down the St. Lawrence River and all the way to the Atlantic Ocean. The writing and artwork is incredibly detailed. It is fun to read and provides an enjoyable way to learn the geographic and historical information of the region. This is one of our family's all-time favorite books. Paper, 62 pages. Seabird Learn world geography as you follow the adventures of an ivory gull named Seabird, carved by a cabin boy. A story of sailing, ships and whaling that follows 4 generations of seafarers; it is actually my least favorite Holling book because of the whaling component. It sparked discussion within our family; and we enjoyed other aspects of the book. Paper.

68. ReferenceResources:UnitedStates of the World View a flag by country or geography; Color flag North and South Carolina,Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, mississippi, Florida, Louisiana http://www.kidinfo.com/Geography/USA.html

Reference Resources: United States The USA Geography Glossary Geography Glossary Short definitions of key terms in geography. Links provide additional sources of related information States of the USA Explore the States Fascinating facts and stories about all the states Fifty States and Capitals Facts about each of the 50 states: capital, flag, nickname, tree, statehood, and MORE Geobop's State and Provincial Symbols Information about each state's symbols; Detailed summary, facts and information about each state and its state symbols; An EXCELLENT research resource NetState.com Information about each state's symbols, famous people born in that state, plus an almanac for each state; An EXCELLENT research resource Stately Knowledge The basic facts of any state in the Union; Need to know the capital of Alabama? Want to know which hockey teams are in California? How about the size of Montana? All that information is here and MORE United States Resources Links to Genealogical and Historical Resources, General Resources, Archives, Libraries and Special Collections, Local History and Information, Maps and Gazetteers, Military Information and Photographs for

69. DinoData Geography Mississippi Ca No Rh He Si Pl To Aa Ba Ba Ca Ox Ki Ti Be Va Ha Ba Ap Al Ce Tu Co Sa Ca Ma .geography. mississippi. Fossilsites in mississippi. http://www.dinodata.net/Dd/Namelist/GEO/Mississippi.htm

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70. I Need Help For A Geography Question, Please! Posted Mon May 10, 2004 442 pm Post 685240 I need help for a geography question,please! Try the mississippi. I don t know if this is the right answer. http://www.able2know.com/forums/about24545.html

Forum Index Home Forums Portal ... Toolbar new Register FAQ Search Log in to check your private messages ... Reference Author Message INeedHelp Just Hatched Joined: 10 May 2004 Posts: 1 Posted: Mon May 10, 2004 4:42 pm Post: 685240 - I need help for a geography question, please! What is the longest north-south river in the U.S.A.? I cannot find it in my dictionaries, encyclopedias, or atlas's... fishin' Moderator Joined: 17 Oct 2002 Posts: 4254 Location: Boston Posted: Mon May 10, 2004 4:44 pm Post: 685243 - Google is your friend. PDiddie Seasoned Member Joined: 23 Nov 2002 Posts: 4524 Location: Deep-in-the-Hearta Posted: Mon May 10, 2004 4:45 pm Post: 685244 - Try the Mississippi. I don't know if this is the right answer. I'm just guessing. Check it out by Googling 'Mississippi River'. Enthusiast Joined: 14 Apr 2004 Posts: 506 Location: Hayward, Wisconsin Posted: Mon May 10, 2004 5:48 pm Post: 685317 - The longest river in the USA is the Mississippi River system, 3740 miles in length to the nearest 10 miles. The primary direction of flow is North to South but as Mr. Twain said the Mississippi is the crookedest river.(Mississippi-Missouri-Jefferson-Beaverhead-Red Rock) Reference: The Cambridge Factfinder 1994 edition Sam cicerone imposter Veteran Member Joined: 22 Oct 2002 Posts: 17698 Location: Silicon Valley in California Posted: Mon May 10, 2004 6:12 pm

71. Mississippi, Geography, Civil War, Battle, Union, Confederate First Battle of Big Black River 17 May 1863. Big Black River. On May16, 1863, the Union Army under the commmand of Ulyses S. Grant http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ms/county/attala/bigblack1.html

First Battle of Big Black River 17 May 1863 Big Black River On May 16, 1863, the Union Army under the commmand of Ulyses S. Grant fought the largest and most significant battle of the Vicksburg Campaign. The Union forces were victorius at the battle of Champion's Hill. As a result of this battle, Confederate troops were retreating west in the direction of Vicksburg. In the course of this retreat, they came upon the Big Black River. The Big Black River was located twelve miles east of Vicksburg and ten miles west of the Champion's Hill battlefield. Upon reaching the Big Black River on the evening of 16 May 1863, Lt. General John C. Pemberton made the decision to defend a bridgehead on the east bank of the river. Unbeknownst to Pemberton, Major General William W. Loring's "lost" Confederate division was marching in another direction, attempting to reunite with the forces of General Joseph E. Johnston. In the early morning of 17 May, Union General Eugene Carr's division, a part of Major General John A. McClernand's XII Corps, was in pursuit of Pemberton's retreating forces. About 5:30 a.m. Carr's division made contact with the Confederate position and halted to prepare for deployment. Carr understood that a frontal assault against such a fortified postion would cost the Union many casualties. Not only because of the actual defenses, but also because of the waist deep bayou and marshy ground in front of the Confederate position. He also realized that flanking the Rebel position would be impossible because of the river at each end.

72. MarcoPolo Discovers Mississippi > Social Studies Framework (Introduction To Worl a. Explain why regions are basic units of geography. b. Return to list of frameworks.MarcoPolo Discovers mississippi Updated on Sunday, May 4, 2003. http://marcopolo.mde.k12.ms.us/frameworks/social_studies/ss_intro_to_world_geogr

Social Studies Framework (Introduction to World Geography) Content Strands Civics (C) History (H) Geography (G) Economics (E) Competencies: Click on the following links to find lesson plans which relate to the competency. a. Locate places using a system of mathematical coordinates in an arbitrary grid system (absolute location). b. Describe locations in terms of relationships with other locations (relative location). c. Explain how location influences activities and processes that occur in different places. d. Explain how knowledge of locations and their characteristics is a key factor in understanding human interdependence. e. Identify the location of major water bodies and land masses. f. Discuss maps and globes as a primary geographic tool. g. Distinguish among various map projections and discuss how map projections distort perceptions of relationships on the earth (e.g., Robinson, Peters, Mercator). Distinguish the physical and human characteristics of places on Earth. (C, H, G, E)

73. Missouri River - Geography geography. The Missouri River is one of the longest rivers in the United Statessecond only to the mississippi. It s total length is 2,315 miles. http://web.bryant.edu/~langlois/ecology/geography.html

GEOGRAPHY The Missouri River is one of the longest rivers in the United States second only to the Mississippi. It's total length is 2,315 miles. The Missouri travels through seven states as it makes it's way to St. Louis, Mo. where it meets with the Mississippi. The Missouri has the nickname "Big Muddy," because of the large amount of silt that it carries. It also has a large number of tributaries feeding into it along it's path. The total basin that drains into the river covers 530,000 square miles. http://www1.wheelock.edu/watersheds/mississippi/Missouri.html The Missouri River drains one-sixth of the United States flowing from from its headwaters at the confluence of the Gallatin, Madison, and Jefferson Rivers in the Rocky Mountains at Three Forks, Montana, to its confluence with the Mississippi River at St. Louis, Missouri. The basin is home to about 10 million people from 28 Native American tribes, 10 states (Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming), and a small part of Canada. Precipitation in the basin varies from an annual mean of 40 inches in the interior highlands of the Missouri Ozarks to 10 inches in the dry upland plains of North and South Dakota, Wyoming, and Montana. The basin’s elevation drops from 14,000 foot peaks at its northwestern boundary to about 400 feet where it joins the Mississippi.

74. MSN Encarta - Related Items - Mississippi mississippi River. agriculture. arts and cultural life. business and economy.cities. civil rights movement. education. geography and environment. http://encarta.msn.com/related_761575599/Mississippi.html

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75. 16. American Geography. The New Dictionary Of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. the question of how much Americans have to know about geography to follow Nor couldthey identify all of the states through which the mississippi River flows. http://www.bartleby.com/59/16/

Select Search All Bartleby.com All Reference Columbia Encyclopedia World History Encyclopedia Cultural Literacy World Factbook Columbia Gazetteer American Heritage Coll. Dictionary Roget's Thesauri Roget's II: Thesaurus Roget's Int'l Thesaurus Quotations Bartlett's Quotations Columbia Quotations Simpson's Quotations Respectfully Quoted English Usage Modern Usage American English Fowler's King's English Strunk's Style Mencken's Language Cambridge History The King James Bible Oxford Shakespeare Gray's Anatomy Farmer's Cookbook Post's Etiquette Bulfinch's Mythology Frazer's Golden Bough All Verse Anthologies Dickinson, E. Eliot, T.S. Frost, R. Hopkins, G.M. Keats, J. Lawrence, D.H. Masters, E.L. Sandburg, C. Sassoon, S. Whitman, W. Wordsworth, W. Yeats, W.B. All Nonfiction Harvard Classics American Essays Einstein's Relativity Grant, U.S. Roosevelt, T. Wells's History Presidential Inaugurals All Fiction Shelf of Fiction Ghost Stories Short Stories Shaw, G.B. Stein, G. Stevenson, R.L. Wells, H.G. Reference The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy PREVIOUS NEXT ... BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. American Geography Tests have revealed that many Americans are amazingly ignorant of the geography of their nation. In one widely cited example, a student in

76. Powell's Books - The Mississippi River (Rookie Read-About Geography) By Allan Ro The mississippi River (Rookie ReadAbout geography) by Allan Rookie/fowler.Age Level 06-07. Available at Burnside. Free Shipping! http://www.powells.com/cgi-bin/product?isbn=0516265563

77. Antique Maps And Antique Atlases From Barry Lawrence Ruderman Old Books The History and geography of the mississippi Valley to Which is Appendeda Condensed Physical geography of The Atlantic United States, and the http://www.raremaps.com/cgi-bin/book-builder.cgi?Books History 000225

78. Upper Mississippi Links From Big RIver Corps/Fish Wildlife Service Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center biologicaldata on the Upper mississippi River system Nice geography and GIS http://www.big-river.com/bigriverlinks.html

Links to Upper Mississippi River resources Visit Big River's Subscribe now Army Corps of Engineers Education ... Wildlife QuickLinks New navigation charts of the Upper Mississippi - PDF download page Upper Mississippi River-Illinois Waterway System Navigation Study The Cahaba ... Towboat locations in pools and locks Army corps of Engineers Towboat locations in pools and locks Army Corps of Engineers-Rock Island District - contacts, Mississippi River Project, Water Control Center Army Corps of Engineers - St. Paul District Upper Mississippi River-Illinois Waterway Navigation Study - contacts, meetings, announcements, reports Army Corps wetland permits New Upper Mississippi Navigation Charts L. Brownlee testimony, Robert B. Flowers testimony Army Corps employees testify for change Educational Sites Center for Global Environmental Education Hamline University, Graduate School of Education, St. Paul, Minnesota Waters to the Sea: educational CD-Rom from the Center for Global Environmental Education A Thousand Friends of Frogs Rivers of Life Environmental Education for Kids (Wisconsin) Illinois Department of Natural Resources stuff for teachers and students The Illinois' Rivers Project The Rivers Curriculum Project Iowa's Project Wild and Aquatic Wild Minnesota's Sharing Environmental Education Knowledge (SEEK) PBS companion site to the Mark Twain special Project Wild Project Wild and Aquatic Wild - Iowa RIVER NAVIGATION TODAY- LOCKS AND DAMS - from Aquatic Illinois, (grades 6-8)

79. K-12 GEOGRAPHY/ECONOMICS Anita Allen, (A Journey on Three Rivers The Nile, The Rhine, The mississippi). generationsoftware currently on many of the sites in the geography section of http://www.geocities.com/dboals.geo/geog.html

GEOGRAPHY/ECONOMICS Part of the History/Social Studies Web Site for K-12 Teachers GEOGRAPHY MAP/CARTOGRAPHIC RESOURCES ENVIRONMENT AND GEOGRAPHY ECONOMICS The National Council for the Social Studies identifies 10 themes in social studies. The one that relates to Geography (III) is called "People, Places and Environment." The guide further provides eleven "Performance Expectations" in this area and gives three examples of how a lesson might be constructed to achieve some of these objectives. In one example, a teacher reads an account of the monsoon from the perspective of the people of India. Although elsewhere in the guide, social studies teachers are encouraged to take a less directive and active role in instruction, here the teacher uses direct instruction. Would it be more interesting to the students to contact another student in India during the monsoon season and obtain a variety of reactions/description of the impact on the people from an Indian viewpoint? Would it be more meaningful, challenging? Would the results be more likely to be "integrated" and would the student be more likely to feel he/she is an active participant in the educational process? GEOGRAPHY Search this site powered by FreeFind Maps That Teach:  U.S. and World Geography

80. Geography Of St. Louis LOUIS geography. St. is located on 61 square miles just south of the Meeting ofthe Rivers, where the Missouri and Illinois Rivers join the mississippi River http://stlouis.missouri.org/citygov/planning/research/data/about/geography.html

ABOUTST. LOUIS: GEOGRAPHY LOCATION The City of St. Louis is located on 61 square miles just south of the "Meeting of the Rivers," where the Missouri and Illinois Rivers join the Mississippi River. The City is at the center of a 12 county, 7,000 square mile metropolitan area that includes approximately 2.5 million people. The area is a relatively short distance by airplane, automobile or train from such other cities as Kansas City (250 miles), Chicago (300 miles) Indianapolis (250 miles) and Memphis (300 miles). PHYSIOGRAPHY GEOLOGY DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS The City of St. Louis is 100% urbanized. However, as a result of abandonment, dereliction and contamination of properties, there are many opportunities for redevelopment of small sites within the city limits. More challenging is combining small sites some publicly-owned by the city's Land Reutilization Authority (LRA) or other agencies, and some privately owned to create substantially sized sites for new residential and industrial development. Office Space: Retail: Traditionally, downtown St. Louis was the premier retail center of the metropolitan area. Although that role has declined, downtown retains a substantial selection of unique shops, as well as two department stores (Dillard's and Famous-Barr) and two enclosed shopping malls (Union Station and St. Louis Centre). Outside downtown, City retail generally consists of corner stores and strip development along major arteries. Significant retail strips include the Central West End shopping and restaurant district along Euclid Avenue, the Grand South Grand area just south of Tower Grove Park, and Cherokee Street with its Hispanic businesses west of Jefferson Ave. and "Antique Row" east of Jefferson Ave. A few major auto-oriented shopping centers are located in the City. They include the Hampton Village Shopping Center at Hampton and Chippewa, Lindell Marketplace at Lindell and Sarah, and City Plaza at Union and Natural Bridge.

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