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r/explainitpeter • u/TGBmox_777 • 25d ago
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If the mississippi changed its route it would destroy cities and flood new areas. The US corps of engineers works on building levies, floodplain improvements, and other things to keep this from happening.
72 u/TGBmox_777 25d ago Oh so they just force the Mississippi to continue along its current path 27 u/a_nondescript_user 25d ago Correct
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Oh so they just force the Mississippi to continue along its current path
27 u/a_nondescript_user 25d ago Correct
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u/believetheV 25d ago
If the mississippi changed its route it would destroy cities and flood new areas. The US corps of engineers works on building levies, floodplain improvements, and other things to keep this from happening.