Refers to the water in lakes, ponds, rivers, and the ocean.
What is Surface Water
100
Location, place, human-environment interaction, movement, and regions
What are the 5 themes of geography
100
Mississippi River
What is The longest River in the United States
100
1927
What is one of the most devastating floods
100
Geographical area draining into a river
What is drainage basin
200
Storms that arise in the tropical Atlantic Ocean and cover hundreds of square miles.
What are hurricanes
200
Humid Subtropical
What is Mississippi's Climate
200
Natchez
What is the oldest settlement on the Mississippi River
200
To study the river to develop a flood control plan for the lower Mississippi River Valley
What is the waterways experience
200
The process of water vapor in the air turning into liquid water
What is condensation
300
Generally occur during the spring and early summer when warm moist air moving northward from the Gulf of Mexico meets colder air coming from the interior of the United States.
What are Tornadoes
300
Tornado Damage scale
What is The Fujita scale
300
To assist in flood control for the Delta
What is the reason reservoirs were built
300
Meandor is cut off from the main flow of water and becomes a lake
What is oxbow lakes
300
Process of liquid water becoming water vapor
What is evaporation
400
Rain, snow, sleet, and hail
What is precipitation
400
Yazoo River, Big Black River, Bayou Pierre-Coles Creek, Homochitto River all drain into...
What is the Mississippi River
400
80%
What is The earth's percent of Water
400
These are used along the river banks to prevent flooding
What are levees
400
Strikes 6000 times per minute somewhere on our planet
What is lightning
500
Long term average of weather conditions
What is Climate
500
The water supply for most cities and towns in Mississippi comes from
What is Ground Water
500
Lithosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, and atmosphere
What are Earth's spheres
500
At its deepest it is about 100 feet deep but in some places it is only 9 feet deep