The 1993 Floods on the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers 
W. Scott White

Tour II: The Great Floods of 1993: Geospatial, Geologic, Climatic and Hydrological Perspectives
 

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Slide 1: The Mississippi and Missouri River Basin

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Slide 2: Major floods in the US 1993 - 1997

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Slide 3: Discharge hydrograph for the 1993 Floods

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Slide 4: Precipitation in the upper Mississippi River basin


Slide 5: Profiles/Gradients of US Rivers


Slide 6: Upstream vs downstream floods

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Slide 7
: Confluence of the Missouri River and the Mississippi River at St. Louis, Missouri


Slide 8:Flooding of downtown Des Moines, Iowa

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Slide 9: A sandbag dike holds back The Great Floods

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Slide 10:  Before and after satellite images near St. Louis

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Slide 11:  St. Louis Floods - August 19, 1993

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Slide 12: Closeup of the Mississippi/Missouri River Confluence

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Slide 13: Flooded homes near Keokuk, Iowa

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Slide 14: Flood waters around Kansas City, July 29, 1993

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Slide 15: St. Louis Floods - October 6, 1993

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Slide 16: Sandbags and dikes in Alton, Illinois

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Slide 17: St. Louis Floods - October 22, 1993

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Slide 18: Comparative satellite images of river scour and deposition

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Slide 19: Precipitation conditions October 1992 - May 1993

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Slide 20: Discharge of the Mississippi at St. Louis

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Slide 21: Cleanup operations along the Mississippi River

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Created 1 November 1998. Last updated 12 December 1998.