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The Morganza Spillway or Morganza Control Structure is a flood-control structure in the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is located along the western bank of the Lower Mississippi River at river mile 280, near Morganza in Pointe Coupee Parish. The spillway stands between the Mississippi and the Morganza Floodway, which leads to the Atchafalaya Basin and the Atchafalaya River in south-central Louisiana. Its purpose is to divert water from the Mississippi River during major flood events by flooding the Atchafalaya Basin, including the Atchafalaya River and the Atchafalaya Swamp. The spillway and adjacent levees also help prevent the Mississippi from changing its present course through the major port cities of Baton Rouge and New Orleans to a new course down the Atchafalaya River to the Gulf of Me

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  • Der Morganza Spillway ist ein Wasserbauwerk am Mississippi River oberhalb von Morganza am Westufer des Stromes in Louisiana. Es liegt an der Flussmeile 280, also rund 450 km oberhalb vom im südlichen Bereich des Pointe Coupee Parish und wird vom United States Army Corps of Engineers betrieben. Das Bauwerk dient dazu, bei Hochwasser den Stand des Flusses zu senken und während extremer Flutereignisse das Wasser an den Städten Baton Rouge und New Orleans vorbei zu leiten, indem es in den Atchafalaya River und das Atchafalaya Basin geleitet wird. Dadurch soll auch der potentiellen Gefahr begegnet werden, dass der Mississippi River nach einem Hochwasser dauerhaft seinen Lauf ändert, was enorme ökologische und wirtschaftliche Folgen hätte. (de)
  • The Morganza Spillway or Morganza Control Structure is a flood-control structure in the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is located along the western bank of the Lower Mississippi River at river mile 280, near Morganza in Pointe Coupee Parish. The spillway stands between the Mississippi and the Morganza Floodway, which leads to the Atchafalaya Basin and the Atchafalaya River in south-central Louisiana. Its purpose is to divert water from the Mississippi River during major flood events by flooding the Atchafalaya Basin, including the Atchafalaya River and the Atchafalaya Swamp. The spillway and adjacent levees also help prevent the Mississippi from changing its present course through the major port cities of Baton Rouge and New Orleans to a new course down the Atchafalaya River to the Gulf of Mexico. The Morganza Spillway, operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, was opened during the 1973 and 2011 Mississippi River floods. (en)
  • De Morganza Spillway is een waterbouwwerk met door stuwen gecontroleerde noodoverlaat tussen de Mississippi en het Morganza overloopgebied in de staat Louisiana, op de westelijke oever stroomopwaarts van Morganza. De dam wordt beheerd door het United States Army Corps of Engineers. De functie van de Spillway is het controleren van het debiet van de Mississippi in de omgeving van Baton Rouge en New Orleans en, zo nodig, water af te voeren langs de bedding van de Atchafalaya River en de omringende Atchafalaya Swamp. Op die manier worden de grote steden en industriegebieden beschermd en wordt verhinderd dat door overstromingen en avulsie de rivierbedding van de Mississippi zou ontregeld worden en het water nieuwe routes zou zoeken, niet meer langs de belangrijkste haven, de haven van South Louisiana. De constructie van de Spillway werd in 1954 voltooid en het bouwwerk werd in de 20e eeuw slechts eenmaal, in 1973, gebruikt. Met vele stuwen kan men tot 17.000 m³/s water van de Mississippi afvoeren. Op 13 mei 2011 werd beslist de stuwen voor een tweede maal sinds de ingebruikname te openen om de sterk gezwollen Mississippi te ontlasten. Deze beslissing wordt meestal slechts genomen wanneer het debiet van de stroom boven de 42.000 m³/s is gestegen. Op basis van overstromingssimulaties koos men er in 2011 voor de stuwen voor 25% van hun maximale capaciteit te openen. (nl)
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  • Der Morganza Spillway ist ein Wasserbauwerk am Mississippi River oberhalb von Morganza am Westufer des Stromes in Louisiana. Es liegt an der Flussmeile 280, also rund 450 km oberhalb vom im südlichen Bereich des Pointe Coupee Parish und wird vom United States Army Corps of Engineers betrieben. Das Bauwerk dient dazu, bei Hochwasser den Stand des Flusses zu senken und während extremer Flutereignisse das Wasser an den Städten Baton Rouge und New Orleans vorbei zu leiten, indem es in den Atchafalaya River und das Atchafalaya Basin geleitet wird. Dadurch soll auch der potentiellen Gefahr begegnet werden, dass der Mississippi River nach einem Hochwasser dauerhaft seinen Lauf ändert, was enorme ökologische und wirtschaftliche Folgen hätte. (de)
  • The Morganza Spillway or Morganza Control Structure is a flood-control structure in the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is located along the western bank of the Lower Mississippi River at river mile 280, near Morganza in Pointe Coupee Parish. The spillway stands between the Mississippi and the Morganza Floodway, which leads to the Atchafalaya Basin and the Atchafalaya River in south-central Louisiana. Its purpose is to divert water from the Mississippi River during major flood events by flooding the Atchafalaya Basin, including the Atchafalaya River and the Atchafalaya Swamp. The spillway and adjacent levees also help prevent the Mississippi from changing its present course through the major port cities of Baton Rouge and New Orleans to a new course down the Atchafalaya River to the Gulf of Me (en)
  • De Morganza Spillway is een waterbouwwerk met door stuwen gecontroleerde noodoverlaat tussen de Mississippi en het Morganza overloopgebied in de staat Louisiana, op de westelijke oever stroomopwaarts van Morganza. De dam wordt beheerd door het United States Army Corps of Engineers. (nl)
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