The Mississippi River–Gulf Outlet Canal (abbreviated as MR-GO or MRGO) is a 76 mi (122 km) channel constructed by the United States Army Corps of Engineers...
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Industrial Canal Lower Mississippi River Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet Canal Mobile Bay (connecting to the Tenn-Tom Waterway) Pearl River Sabine-Neches...
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The Mississippi River Delta is the confluence of the Mississippi River with the Gulf of Mexico in Louisiana, southeastern United States. The river delta...
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is confluent with both the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway and the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet (MRGO). The entirety of the canal passes through the 9th Ward...
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Avenue. Storm surge caused breaches in 20 places on the Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet Canal ("MR-GO") in Saint Bernard Parish, flooding the entire parish...
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The Mississippi River Alluvial Plain is an alluvial plain created by the Mississippi River on which lie parts of seven U.S. states, from southern Louisiana...
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Louisiana, United States. The community is located on the Mississippi River – Gulf Outlet Canal near Lake Borgne, 18 miles (29 km) east-southeast of Chalmette...
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Confluence (redirect from River confluence)
accommodates the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway and the Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet Canal; therefore those three waterways are confluent there. The term...
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the southern segment of the canal, eliminating the toll. In 1965 another waterway, the Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet Canal (MRGO), was completed and began...
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northwest Mississippi state; part of the Mississippi embayment Mississippi River Delta, the confluence of the Mississippi River with the Gulf of Mexico...
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Industrial Canal (manmade) St. Claude Avenue Bridge (LA 46) Claiborne Avenue Bridge (LA 39) Florida Avenue Bridge (road and railroad) Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet...
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be supervised.[citation needed] The construction of the Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet Canal in the 1960s cut off all land access to the fort site. It...
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Industrial Canal were breached by storm surge via the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet, while the 17th Street Canal and London Avenue Canal experienced...
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channel for barges. The Old River Control Structure, the Bonnet Carré Spillway, the Mississippi River – Gulf Outlet Canal and other man-made structures...
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Colusa Canal Hillsboro Canal Miami Canal North New River Canal Tamiami Canal West Palm Beach Canal Waiolama Canal, Hilo New York Canal North Shore Channel...
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Meraux, Louisiana (category Louisiana populated places on the Mississippi River)
wind associated with Hurricane Katrina which destroyed the Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet Canal (MRGO) levee. Meraux is located at 29°55′39″N 89°55′7″W...
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tributaries to the Mississippi system. Before the Mississippi River reaches the Gulf of Mexico, it runs into its distributary, the Atchafalaya River. From the...
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mil/toolbox/library/PL/RHA1954.pdf River and Harbor Act of 1954 History of the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet Canal Archived 2012-03-12 at the Wayback...
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Violet, Louisiana (category Louisiana populated places on the Mississippi River)
topped the Hurricane Protection Levee and destroyed the Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet Canal (MRGO) levee. Camp Hope housed volunteers assisting residents...
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cover 172 miles (277 km) on both banks of the Mississippi River. The Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet Canal (now closed by a rock dike built across the channel...
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New Orleans (category Louisiana parishes on the Mississippi River)
surrounding New Orleans, especially that related to the Mississippi River–Gulf Outlet Canal, had the unintended result of leaving the city more vulnerable...
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Hurricane Katrina (redirect from 2005 Florida-Louisiana-Mississippi hurricane)
straight design and lack of outward flow into the Gulf allowed the Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet Canal to become "the perfect shortcut for salt-water intrusion"...
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Gulf Coast. On August 29, 2005, the storm surge from the hurricane caused massive failure in the levees along the Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet Canal...
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1965 the Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet Canal ("MR GO", pronounced mister go) was completed, connecting the Intracoastal Waterway with the Gulf of Mexico...
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Effects of Hurricane Katrina in the Southeastern United States (redirect from Effects of Hurricane Katrina in Mississippi)
apparently the result of levee failures along the Mississippi River – Gulf Outlet Canal, a 76 miles (122 km) canal. The levees were sized to hold back up to 17...
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(i) Meal Ready to Eat (U.S. military rations) MRGO – (i) Mississippi River–Gulf Outlet Canal (also referred to as MR-GO or "Mr. Go") MRGW – (i) Medium-range...
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River (CT) Tenmile River Swamp River Mill River Webatuck Creek Green River Norwalk River (CT) Silvermine River Rippowam River Mill River Mianus River...
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The large area to the east of the Industrial Canal and north of the Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet Canal, little developed until the last third of the...
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Corps of Engineers responsible for poor maintenance of the Mississippi River – Gulf Outlet Canal, which caused the flooding of New Orleans and its surrounding...
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Chicago Portage (category Mississippi River watershed)
waters flowing west toward the Mississippi River was a wetland that occupied the ancient stream bed of the Chicago Outlet River. Early settlers called this...
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