I was like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.

* Newton

Manchac, Louisiana

Anyhoo, this is a closeup of the riverbed stuff, showing the cords which tie the blocks together. There's a hoist thingy that they use to maneuver this stuff around in large panels, and the ends are fixed like this to create lift loops, as shown, and to bind the panel together as a cohesive unit, preventing sudden erosion/shifting of the riverbed.

In Lincoln, as it is mostly clay underfoot, preventing the river from shifting will not be easy, probably. But it's an interesting approach which seems to have some merit. You can see some bunching in the plastic woven fabric they use as a base in the wet area in the top left.

Do we have time to know? Or is time a ghost of what has already been, lingering in memory like a wisp in a boundless ocean of being? Is time an illusion we comfort ourselves with and knowledge an attempt to explain intelligence? Or is it really simpler than that?

Uh, whatever. As you can see in the foreground, they also use half blocks, presumably for filler.

Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it.

* Maclean

Opening of the Bonnet Carre Spillway -Louisiana

www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2008/04/bonnet_carre_spillway...

Used for flood control of the Mississippi River, it was constructed from 1929 to 1936. The structure consists of 350 bays that have 20 creosoted timbers per bay. It has been opened 9 times before this. This opening was on May 9, 2011. Here is a closer look at the bays with a very high Mississippi River in the background.

Plants growing on river bed of Los Angeles River near the Confluence, Los Angeles, California, USA

Be Strong - Stay Strong

The end of the world has come! I'm still alive, Flickr is still up, but is anybody else OUT THERE!?! This nuclear ash has covered everything and the 'water' is nothing more than atomic sludge! Aaaaaaaggggghhhh!

Actually it snowed last night and this morning and there was a truly eerie light over the river! The pipes are part of the flood control system.

This portion of the Santa Ana River is in Anaheim,California, about half a mile east of the 57 Freeway, just south of Lincoln Avenue.

The 96 mile long Santa Ana River is the largest river entirely within Southern California. It rises in the San Bernardino Mountains and flows through San Bernardino and Riverside Counties before cutting through the northern Santa Ana Mountains and flowing southwest through urban Orange County, and into the Pacific Ocean.

A delegation from Saudi Arabia visited with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District in Las Vegas July 28. Of particular interest to the group was the District's longtime partner in area flood risk management projects, the Clark County Regional Flood Control District. LA District Commander Col. Kirk Gibbs briefed the group on the size and scope of work performed by the District and Rick Leifield, chief of the Engineering Division, spoke about the Corps' work with the local sponsor. Steve Parrish, CCRFCD General Manager, provided an overview of the regional flood control system and led a tour of joint projects around the area.

Out hiking today and surprise! Graffiti. Cool.

What a place!

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In Wichita Falls, Texas, on February 14th, 2023, Holliday Creek as viewed from the Circle Trail west of Jasper Street, during a duststorm.

Holliday Creek flows to the Wichita River, which flows to the Red River, which historically flowed to the Mississippi River, but which now flows to the Atchafalaya River, which flows to the Gulf of Mexico.

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Public questions and comments to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality regarding the pending permit request for Exploration Green held at the Clear Lake Recreation Center on May 29, 2014.

Flood control dam near Warren Pennsylvania. Webbs Ferry Boat Ramp and Kinzua Wolf Run Marina

Weathered, Tattered, Torn

Mississippi River - Carrollton Levee - New Orleans, Louisiana

The machinery that is used to open and close the spillway. These cranes from the 1960s have been rebuilt and are still functional. The spillway has not been opened since 1997. July 2006.

Morning Morgen Sunrise Sonnenaufgang Lake West Africa Westafrika Djoudj Senegal

17th Street Canal. Pumping station under construction near the lake. September 2007.

Taken by Adam at the Maeslantkering in The Netherlands. This is before we went on the tour of the barrier. Near Hoek van Holland. May 2006.

Snow Goose (Chen caerulescens) on Los Angeles River, Glendale Narrows, Elysian Valley, Los Angeles, California, USA

Out hiking today and surprise! Graffiti. Cool.

"Flood Control, Navigation, Irrigation, Water Storage, Power"

art on Elevator of Dam, art deco

Hoover Dam

Boulder City, Nevada

Image Title: San Gabriel Dam

Date: July 16, 1937

Place: San Gabriel River, north of Azusa, California

Description/Caption: b. From same pt., look'g NE up S.G. canyon away from dam.

Medium: vernacular black and white photograph

Photographer/Maker: Charles W. Washburn

Cite as: CA-A-0311, WaterArchives.org

Restrictions: There are no known U.S. copyright restrictions on this image. While the digital image is freely available, it is requested that www.waterarchives.org be credited as its source. For higher quality reproductions of the original physical version contact www.waterarchives.org, restrictions may apply.

santa ana river drainage basin

Farming in Floodplains scheme

A more modern pumping station at Kinderdijk. The Netherlands, May 2006.

Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)on the Los Angeles River, Glendale Narrows, Elysian Valley, Los Angeles, California, USA

The Piedra Lisa Arroyo channel bends to converge with the Embudo Arroyo channel just east of Morris and north of Indian School in Albuquerque, NM. (But I've flipped the image horizontally because I like it better this way.)

A custom tritone. View large and on black

Vineland Avenue looking south over the Los Angeles River, Studio City, Los Angeles, California, USA

The study area is located Entirely within the City of Phoenix, along 8 miles of the Salt River, from 19th Avenue to 83rd Avenue, downstream (West or Oeste) of the ongoing Rio Salado project and upstream of the Tres Rios Project. The recommended plan includes restoration of nearly 1,500 acres of riparian and flood plain habitat with recreation and incidental flood damage reduction.

This portion of the Santa Ana River is in Anaheim,California, about half a mile east of the 57 Freeway, just south of Lincoln Avenue.

The 96 mile long Santa Ana River is the largest river entirely within Southern California. It rises in the San Bernardino Mountains and flows through San Bernardino and Riverside Counties before cutting through the northern Santa Ana Mountains and flowing southwest through urban Orange County, and into the Pacific Ocean.

Friends of Langlands Moss LNR ditch blocking for restoration and conservation of the sphagnum moss

Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)on the Los Angeles River, Glendale Narrows, Elysian Valley, Los Angeles, California, USA

Also it's to teach them what joy and laughter are.

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In Wichita Falls, Texas, on February 14th, 2023, Holliday Creek as viewed from the Circle Trail east of Jasper Street, during a duststorm.

Holliday Creek flows to the Wichita River, which flows to the Red River, which historically flowed to the Mississippi River, but which now flows to the Atchafalaya River, which flows to the Gulf of Mexico.

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:

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• 2022-23 North American winter (Q114585888)

• Atchafalaya River drainage basin (Q117282797)

• Broken Red Plains (Q122937174)

• Central and Southern mixed grasslands (Q5062062)

• Central Great Plains (Q14710395)

• Circle Trail (Q123136854)

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• stream channelization (Q42296746)

• Treaty with the Comanche and Kiowa, 1865 (Q116841115)

• Valentine's Day (Q37587)

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• Rivers—Texas (sh85114410)

• Wichita River Watershed (Tex.) (sh2006002294)

Denver Sluice

The location of the Bonnet Carre Spillway. July 2006.

Along the Guadalupe River in downtown San Jose, California. The trails, banks and landscaping were built for a multipurpose project that reduced flooding while creating a public recreational corridor.

Looking south from Woz Way, at I-280 bridge. January 2009.

Volunteers trim and pot trees at the Exploration Green tree nursery in Clear Lake City (Houston), Texas on 4/19/2014.

Happy Frog -

Opening of the Bonnet Carre Spillway -Louisiana

www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2008/04/bonnet_carre_spillway...

Public questions and comments to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality regarding the pending permit request for Exploration Green held at the Clear Lake Recreation Center on May 29, 2014.

Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)on the Los Angeles River, Glendale Narrows, Elysian Valley, Los Angeles, California, USA

This is the north end of the berm which we constructed to help in flood control at 2311 Reed Ave. Cheyenne, WY. This berm was created on the east side of the drive down dock. The drive down dock is located to the east of rain garden #2. The excess dirt from the rain garden's 319 project was used to create this berm.

The Los Angeles River running through the Sepulveda Basin Recreation Area, Los Angeles, California, USA

When I want a scotch and water, I run down to the nearest local arroyo and get some superb Albuquerque spring H20. ;-)

The bike path goes from the Riverside County/Orange County line to the Pacific Coast, about 100 miles.