{"id":6496,"date":"2012-01-31T02:00:11","date_gmt":"2012-01-31T10:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blitransfer.wpengine.com\/?p=6496"},"modified":"2017-06-21T14:19:58","modified_gmt":"2017-06-21T19:19:58","slug":"living-with-water-red-river-of-the-north","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/2012\/01\/31\/living-with-water-red-river-of-the-north\/","title":{"rendered":"Living with Water: Red River of the North"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Dam<\/a>Living with Water is a five weekend series focusing on flooding along the Red River in North Dakota.<\/p>\n

The series started with \u201cLiving with Water: Red River living since settlement<\/a>\u201d, which examined the history of the river in relation to the people who have lived along it.<\/p>\n

In historical times, trappers and early settlers mentioned the spring flood. The first pictures of Red River flooding were taken in 1897, during the second largest flood on record.<\/p>\n

After the 1950 flood, large earthworks were put into place to prevent widespread flooding. They had mostly contained the river until the 1997 flood.<\/p>\n

The last three years have seen very high water conditions.<\/p>\n

The second installment, \u201cLiving with Water: Geology behind the flooding Red River<\/a>\u201d, looks at the regional topography. The area is very flat, which means that once the waters overflow the riverbank, they just spread out for miles.<\/p>\n

The soil is clay and absorbs water slowly and the river flows north into colder areas, which slows the drainage in springtime.<\/p>\n

All this has consequences for flood planning. Every prevention measure affects another area and must be planned for.<\/p>\n

The videos are less than three minutes each, but very informative. Living with Water promises to be an interesting series.<\/p>\n

Dam along the Red River<\/a> via Shutterstock<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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