New research shows that typically, less than 10% of land-building alluvium reaches the Bird’s Foot Delta region, the ...

Mississippi River ships and barges carry over 500 million ... the faster-moving river brings sand from throughout the drainage basin to Louisiana. But it doesn’t necessarily help to build ...

Not a single parish in the Amite River Basin — Ascension ... improving drainage in Bayou Manchac, installing pump stations to move floodwaters into the Mississippi River in Ascension Parish ...

When someone asks you what the longest river in the United States is, you might immediately think of the Mississippi River.

Once a stretch of fertile farmland, the area is now underwater. In a surprising turn of events, Tulare Lake– a natural lake that disappeared more than a century ago– has reappeared in California’s San ...

Most of the year, less than 10% of the river’s sediment reaches the critical Bird’s Foot Delta, according to scientists.

Less than 25% of Illinois farmland is owned by the farmer who works the land, with the rest leased by individuals, family trusts and, increasingly, investors looking to turn a profit.

Long before the Great Lakes came to define the heart of North America, a much larger lake once ruled the land. Lake Agassiz, a prehistoric inland sea, spread across the continent with a reach that ...

Indeed, these largely confirm a dominant impression of many informed observers: the latest flood havoc symbolises one of free India´s great failures. India has suffered a damage of Rs. 6,500 crores ...