| Archibald Geikie - Geology - 1882 - 996 pages
...geological history, during which those deposits were formed, the Terrace Epoch. The modern alluvium of the Mississippi from the mouth of the Ohio to the Gulf of Mexico covers an area of 19,450 miles, and has a breadth of from 25 to 75 miles and a depth of from 25 to... | |
| Charles Gayarré - Louisiana - 1885 - 674 pages
...as to the duration of their promised friendship, if they once extended their empire to the left bank of the Mississippi, from the mouth of the Ohio to the Gulf of Mexico. Some sudden and unexpected cause of quarrel might easily occur from the very proximity of the two flags,... | |
| Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1888 - 900 pages
...bottom lands form collectively what is known, as the alluvial region. It extends in a broad belt down the Mississippi, from the mouth of the Ohio to the Gulf of Mexico, and up the Ouacliita and its branches and the Red River, to and beyond the limits of the State. Its... | |
| American Historical Association - Electronic journals - 1894 - 632 pages
...different countries on the Ohio, Mississippi, and Gulf of Mexico, with six maps comprehending the Ohio, the Mississippi from the mouth of the Ohio to the Gulf of Mexico, the whole of West Florida, and part of East Florida. To which is added an appendix, containing all... | |
| Burke Aaron Hinsdale - 1894 - 52 pages
...different countries on the Ohio, Mississippi, and Gulf of Mexico, with six maps comprehending the Ohio, the Mississippi from the mouth of the Ohio to the Gulf of Mexico, the whole of West Florida, and part of East Florida. To which is added an appendix, containing all... | |
| United States. Weather Bureau - Meteorology - 1897 - 220 pages
...the greatest floods, we also find that heavy rainfall over the great swamp region that extends along the Mississippi from the mouth of the Ohio to the gulf of Mexico, is an important factor. Third in importance, as a factor in producing floods, is the Upper Mississippi,... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce - Floods - 1898 - 604 pages
...the greatest floods we also find that heavy rainfall over the great swamp region that extends along the Mississippi from the mouth of the Ohio to the Gulf of Mexico is an important factor. Third in importance as a factor in producing floods is the Upper Mississippi,... | |
| Mississippi River - 1901 - 690 pages
...the greatest floods we also find that heavy rainfall over the great swamp region that extends along the Mississippi from the mouth of the Ohio to the Gulf of Mexico is an important factor. Third in importance as a factor in producing floods is the Upper Mississippi,... | |
| Augustus J. Thébaud - France - 1904 - 404 pages
...words of explanation. What are here called the Southwestern States are those which lie on both sides of the Mississippi from the mouth of the Ohio to the Gulf of Mexico. Two remarkable facts struck me at once. The first was an apparently unbroken forest covering the whole... | |
| United States. Congress Senate - Florida - 1908 - 184 pages
...it to Mr. Gallatin, he writes as follows: "/ have forwarded, by the bearer, Captain Duane, the m.ap of the Mississippi, from the mouth of the Ohio to the gulf of Mexico, to -which is added the south boundary of the United States, and the whole of West Florida. In examining... | |
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