Overflow of Rivers Levees. 



Mississippi River An Inundation or Overflow. 



24. After long and heavy rains or the sudden 

 melting of a winter's snow, some rivers become 

 so full that they overflow their banks, and the 

 rush of their water over the low lands causes 

 great destruction. To prevent this on the 

 lower Mississippi, men have constructed long, 

 high banks, called levees. 



Sometimes, however, a bank bursts or is 

 washed away, and the overflow does immense 

 damage to crops, houses, cattle, etc. 



25. The overflow of the Ohio River in 1883 caused 

 great damage and suffering to the inhabitants along its 

 banks. Thousands of houses were lifted from their 

 foundations and floated off by the rising waters. 



26. Although damage is often done in this 



