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Map Alluvial Valley of the Mississippi River

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Title

  • Alluvial Valley of the Mississippi River

Names

  • United States. Mississippi River Commission., cartographer

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Army Map Service, [1930]

Headings

  • -  Flood control--Mississippi River Valley--Maps
  • -  Mississippi River Valley--Maps
  • -  United States--Mississippi River Valley

Genre

  • Maps

Notes

  • -  Relief shown by contours and hachures.
  • -  Shows new and existing levees in red for flood control.
  • -  Maps sectioned by: Northern sheet, Memphis District -- Southern sheet, New Orleans District.
  • -  Printed in red --Plan of the Army Engineers for flood control, adopted by the Act of May 15, 1928.
  • -  "Reduced from Basin Maps."
  • -  LC copy 1 mounted on cloth in 4 parts with annoatations in black ink along the right and bottom margins and throughout on southern sheet.
  • -  Copy 3 missing southern sheet.

Medium

  • 1 map : color ; 189 x 71 cm, sheets 101 x 79 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G4042.M5N22 1930 .U5
  • G4042.M5N22 1930 .U5 Copy 2 Printed on 2 maps.
  • G4042.M5N22 1930 .U5 Copy 3 Map sectioned in 2 parts and mounted cloth.

Repository

  • Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2023593535

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

United States Mississippi River Commission., Cartographer. Alluvial Valley of the Mississippi River. [Washington, D.C.: Army Map Service, 1930] Map. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2023593535/.

APA citation style:

United States Mississippi River Commission, C. (1930) Alluvial Valley of the Mississippi River. [Washington, D.C.: Army Map Service] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2023593535/.

MLA citation style:

United States Mississippi River Commission., Cartographer. Alluvial Valley of the Mississippi River. [Washington, D.C.: Army Map Service, 1930] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2023593535/>.