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FLOOD PROBLEMS -- WHY WE HAVE FLOOD PROBLEMS: Flood plains -- Rainstorms -- Thunderstorms -- Hurricanes -- Maximum rainfalls -- Snow -- Ice jams -- LIFE HISTORY OF A FLOOD: On the land -- In the channel -- Analyzing floods -- Where floods occur -- When floods occur -- Flood magnitude -- Flood frequency -- How floods are measured -- Maximum flood discharge -- DAMAGE FROM FLOODS -- MAN’S ADAPTATION TO FLOODS: Zoning -- Insurance -- Forecasting -- Relief and rehabilitation -- PROTECTION THROUGH THE CONTROL OF WATER: Dikes and levees -- Channel improvements -- Diversion of flood waters -- Reservoirs -- Land-use practices -- FLOODS AND THE CONSTITUTION -- OUR PRESENT FLOOD-CONTROL POLICY: In the channel -- On the land -- BASIN PROBLEMS, PROJECTS, AND PLANS: New England -- The middle Atlantic region -- The South Atiantic and eastern Gulf streams -- The Ohio River basin (exclusive of the Tennessee River basin) -- The Tennessee River basin -- The Great Lakes—St. Lawrence River region -- The upper Mississippi River basin -- The lower Mississippi basin and its alluvial valley -- Tributaries to the lower Mississippi from the southwest -- The Missouri River basin -- The Red River of the North -- The western Gulf of Mexico -- The Pacific Southwest -- The Pacific Northwest -- FLOOD HISTORY: Before 1900 -- Since 1900 -- Floods, by streams.