The Amazing River


      1. What is a streambed, channel and floodplain?

      2. Describe the problems a homeowner would face living in the Tangipahoa floodplain?

      3. Illustrate an "ecologically safe" method that could be designed for building a bridge over the Tangipahoa River.

      4. What information would you present to the local historical committee to nominate the Tangipahoa River as a "national" 

                              scenic river?

      5. Design a waste flow model to demonstrate how sand, silt, cobbles, gravel and mud fall out.

       6. What criteria would you use to allow building along the Tangipahoa River?

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