River Wing Dyke Construction

More Mississippi Info

• https://greenfieldgeography.wikispaces.com/Floodplain+management

• http://geographyas.info/rivers/flood-management/

• http://mvs-wc.mvs.usace.army.mil/arec/Documents/Publications/Miss_River_Dikes_Inland_Port_2012_No_4.pdf

Mississippi River Wing Dyke

• http://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/1375/C1375.pdf(page 11)

• Advantages

• Disadvantages

• Success

River Wing Dyke

• Hard Engineering Management Strategy

• Permeable- allows water to flow through it

• Impermeable- stops all flow of water, redirecting current

Why?

How

• Perpendicular

• Directs Fast current

• Traps Sediment

• Prevents shoreline retreat via coastal erosion

• Traps sediment
• Increased navigation

• Flood Management
• Infrastructure Protection

River Wing Dyke Construction