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    779 words essay on floods in India and its control Subrat Mangaraj Countries irrigated by an adequate river system are in many ways blessed. These rivers not only help agriculture, but they provide a cheap and efficient transport system for the development of internal trade. The saying goes—land divides, seas unite. But waterways bring also a good deal of misery to the people by causing devastating seasonal floods In India, for example, the sub-Himalayan regions of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Bengal

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    or the book all about the Mississippi River Flood of 1927. This quote explains the whole concept of this flood. Everybody near the Mississippi River were affected, and became devastated in some way. That could be by losing a loved one, or by losing a home. This flood was the worst one in U.S. history. Death, destruction, and depression were served to everybody. The Mississippi River Flood of 1927 was the largest flood recorded in the United States. Floods occur when an area of water is filled

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    After the Flood Gertrude awoke to the sound of people bustling about the muggy room where she had slept. It took her a short second to remember where she was, and who the people in the room were. Then, the appalling incidents of yesterday exploded in her brain like a frozen soda pop in a freezer. The images of her loving family being swept up in the ginormous flood made Gertrude feel like someone was pumping liquid nitrogen through her heart; an ache so strong, she thought that she must literally

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    During the first week of observation the cube had begun to weather and collapse. A rainstorm caused several branches to snap and fall. The new form consisted of three large branches leaning on each other and clinging to life. Scattered around the monolithic branches, reeds on the ground framed the structure of the sticks. Weather shaped the land art in a way that man could not. Natural elements created a unique and organic art piece. As the weeks went on I began to notice how the light affected the

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    our front yard and the flowers were established. Everything is starting to look excellent for us. We just got a phone call that our grandma just died. Sad but, she was 95 and we were expecting it to happen. We won't make the funeral because of the flood. We hopefully will get new tiling, lighting, and furniture for the whole house, it looks like we will have to spend the money to get the great house we have always

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