The Mississippi Delta Swamp lands are disappearing about 25 square miles a year because the levees are making the water rush out past the delta swamps and barrier islands where the sediment is needed. ... All of the animals and plants that live in the delta swamps are losing their habitat at the rate of 25 square miles per year. ...
The Louisiana Purchase In the last part of the eighteenth century the Louisiana Territory was owned by Spain. This meant that the Spanish government controlled access to the Gulf of Mexico from the Mississippi. Farmers on the Western frontier needed the Mississippi River to get their goods to mar...
The great Mississippi river flood of 1927 was a devastating disaster, according to www.britannica.com/event/mississippi-river-flood-of-1927 the flood took place in lower Mississippi on 1927. It was a historical moment known as "one of the most natural disasters in history, more than 23,000 square mi...
