EECLAIMING OVEEFLOWED LANDS IN MISSISSIPPI. 



the upper end of the district; this gradually decreases to 1| feet 

 per mile at the lower end. 



Not more than 15 per cent of the bottom land is cleared; the 

 remainder is either in virgin timber or is cut-over land covered with 

 a dense gTowth of cane, brush, and briars. The cleared land lies 

 along the edge of the 



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bottoms or ism small 

 tracts or ridges that 

 are from 1 to 3 feet 

 above the general 

 elevation of the ad- 

 joining bottoms. 



ARKANSAS 



In the upper part 

 of the area covered 

 by the survey the Big 

 Black River has a 

 channel varying 

 from 30 to 75 feet in 

 top width, from 20 to 

 50 feet in bottom 

 width, and from 5 to 

 15 feet in depth be- 

 low the general ele- 

 vation of the ground ; 

 in the lower part the 

 channel varies from 

 150 to 250 feet in top 

 width, 75 to 100 feet 

 in bottom width, and 

 is from 15 to 25 feet 

 deep. Throughout 

 lis entire length the 

 channel is very 

 crooked and is fdled 

 with drift and brush. 

 The length of the 

 river channel through the portion of the valley covered by this report 

 is 1 .7 times that of a line drawn down the general course of the valley. 

 The banks arc well defined and are covered with a dense growth of 

 cane and briars. The bottom of the river is asiltyloam or clay. At 

 one point near IIofFman and at one or two points in the vicinity of 

 Edwanls there are traces of rock, but the formations are local and 

 occur where they will not affect the pr()i)osed work. 



NEW ORLEAN 



-Map of Mississippi, showing location of Big Black River 

 project. 



