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  2. Ripley, Mississippi - Wikipedia

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    Ripley is a city in Tippah County, Mississippi, United States.The population was 5,395 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Tippah County. [5]Colonel William Clark Falkner, great-grandfather of authors William Faulkner and John Faulkner, was a prominent resident of Ripley in the mid to late-19th century.

  3. Kaub gauging station - Wikipedia

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    The gauge level does not directly correspond to the actual depth of the river (zero level is not at the riverbed); instead, as is the case with most Rhine gauges, the actual depth of the navigation channel is defined as: [2] Gauge value + Ideal depth of the navigation channel (1.9 m) − Equivalent water level (0.78 m)

  4. Old River Control Structure - Wikipedia

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    Old River low-sill control structure discharging water into the Atchafalaya, May 2011. The Old River Control Structure is a floodgate system in a branch of the Mississippi River in central Louisiana. It regulates the flow of water from the Mississippi into the Atchafalaya River, thereby

  5. Tippah County, Mississippi - Wikipedia

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    Tippah County is a county located on the northern border of the U.S. state of Mississippi.As of the 2020 census, the population was 21,815. [1] Its county seat is Ripley. [2] The name "Tippah" is derived from a Chickasaw language word meaning "cut off."

  6. Rhine - Wikipedia

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    Depending on the water level, this flow of the Rhine water is clearly visible along the entire length of the lake. The Rhine carries very large amounts of debris into the lake – over three million cubic meters (110,000,000 cu ft) annually. [29] In the mouth region, it is therefore necessary to permanently remove gravel by dredging.

  7. Reference water levels - Wikipedia

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    The reference water levels are used on inland waterways to define a range of water levels allowing the full use of the waterway for navigation. [1] Ship passage can be limited by the water levels that are too low, when the fairway might become too shallow for large ("target", "design") ships, or too high, when it might become impossible for the target ships to pass under the bridges. [1]

  8. Morganza Spillway - Wikipedia

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    The Morganza Spillway, a 4,159-foot (1,268 m) controlled spillway using a set of flood gates to control the volume of water entering the Morganza Floodway from the Mississippi River, consists of a concrete weir, two sluice gates, seventeen scour indicators, and 125 gated openings which can allow up to 600,000 cubic feet per second (17,000 cubic metres per second) of water to be diverted from ...

  9. Ross Barnett Reservoir - Wikipedia

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    The Ross Barnett Reservoir, often called the Rez, is a reservoir of the Pearl River between Madison and Rankin counties in the U.S. state of Mississippi.The 33,000-acre (130 km 2) lake serves as the state's largest drinking water resource, and is managed by the Pearl River Valley Water Supply District.