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  Special 
  Report 
  No. 
  2 
  : 
  Shreveport 
  Area 
  

  

  153 
  

  

  Slopes 
  of 
  Land 
  from 
  River 
  Bank 
  to 
  Bordering 
  HitLS 
  

  

  Between 
  

  

  Inlet 
  to 
  Red 
  bayou 
  and 
  Black 
  lake 
  bayou 
  

  

  Inlet 
  to 
  Irishman's 
  bayou 
  and 
  mouth 
  of 
  Dooley's 
  

   bayou 
  on 
  Shift-Tail 
  lake 
  

  

  Inlet 
  to 
  Cottonwood 
  ba^'ou 
  and 
  mouth 
  of 
  Irish- 
  

   man's 
  baj'OU 
  

  

  Inlet 
  to 
  Cottonwood 
  bayou 
  and 
  Head 
  of 
  the 
  Passes 
  

  

  Gold 
  Point 
  Bend 
  to 
  Albany 
  

  

  Pandora 
  Bend 
  to 
  Twelve 
  Mile 
  bayou 
  

  

  While 
  the 
  above 
  table 
  gives 
  the 
  average 
  slope 
  it 
  gives 
  no 
  idea 
  

   of 
  the 
  slope 
  curve, 
  it 
  is 
  much 
  greater 
  near 
  the 
  river 
  bank 
  

   and 
  less 
  near 
  the 
  distant 
  hills. 
  The 
  slope 
  for 
  the 
  first 
  thousand 
  

   feet 
  from 
  the 
  river 
  is 
  generally 
  at 
  the 
  rate 
  of 
  about 
  30 
  feet, 
  

   although 
  it 
  is 
  sometimes 
  over 
  100 
  feet, 
  to 
  the 
  mile. 
  

  

  Width 
  of 
  the 
  channel. 
  — 
  ^The 
  variation 
  in 
  the 
  width 
  of 
  the 
  chan- 
  

   nel 
  of 
  Red 
  river, 
  and 
  its 
  size 
  in 
  proportion 
  to 
  its 
  tributaries 
  

   from 
  Shreveport 
  to 
  the 
  State 
  line 
  must 
  be 
  a 
  source 
  of 
  consider- 
  

   able 
  surprise 
  to 
  a 
  person 
  not 
  familiar 
  with 
  the 
  history 
  of 
  the 
  river. 
  

  

  The 
  charts 
  of 
  the 
  Red 
  River 
  Survey 
  of 
  1886 
  gives 
  the 
  follow- 
  

   ing 
  stream 
  widths 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Shreveport 
  : 
  

  

  Lower 
  Red 
  river 
  6-700 
  feet 
  

  

  Cross 
  Lake 
  bayou 
  400 
  " 
  

  

  Twelve 
  Mile 
  bayou 
  230 
  " 
  

  

  Upper 
  Red 
  river 
  225 
  " 
  

  

  From 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  Twelve 
  mile 
  bayou 
  to 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  the 
  old 
  

   raft, 
  with 
  the 
  exception 
  of 
  a 
  stretch 
  of 
  13 
  miles 
  between 
  Hervey's 
  

   canal 
  and 
  Dooley's 
  bayou, 
  the 
  river 
  is 
  very 
  narrow, 
  ranging 
  from 
  

   1 
  30 
  to 
  250 
  feet 
  in 
  width. 
  Above 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  the 
  old 
  raft 
  it 
  widens, 
  

   reaching 
  a 
  width 
  of 
  400 
  feet 
  at 
  the 
  State 
  line. 
  

  

  River 
  bottom-basins 
  — 
  The 
  river 
  after 
  striking 
  the 
  western 
  hills 
  

   at 
  Blankton's 
  Bluffs, 
  near 
  the 
  State 
  line, 
  meanders 
  diagonally 
  

   across 
  the 
  valley 
  to 
  Miller's 
  bluffs. 
  It 
  makes 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  great 
  

   loops 
  along 
  the 
  bluffs 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  side 
  and 
  again 
  strikes 
  the 
  

   western 
  hills 
  just 
  below 
  Shreveport. 
  The 
  land 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  side 
  

  

  