Lower Mississippi Valley Fine Art Print
The Lower Mississippi collects most of the runoff of the mid-continent,
emerging into the lowlands of the Mississippi embayment (of the Gulf) at
Cairo Illinois. The river meandered back and forth across this
Mississippi Delta for millions of years, planing flat the accumulating
silt of innumerable spring floods. Flood control, land reclamation, and
navigation improvement have all contributed to a greatly simplified
river course. A massive weir near Angola keeps the in the established
Mississippi channel flowing through Baton Rouge and New Orleans, rather
than its shorter Atchafalaya alternative.
Small - Scale is 1:1.5
million or 1" = about 23 miles
Medium - Scale is 1:1
million or 1" = about 16 miles
Large - Scale is
1:750,000 or 1" = about 12 miles
Dimensions: All map dimensions
are approximate.
