An Important Lesson Learned from the 1993 Mississippi Flood Was

question 26

Multiple Choice

An important lesson learned from the 1993 Mississippi flood was

• A) levees remove land from the floodplain.
• B) levees eliminate flood risk.
• C) levees help the floodplain "soak up" flood waters.
• D) the construction of levees produces a false sense of security.
• E) levees built by farmers performed as well as government-built levees.

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