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2.5.1.4 Yazoo-Type River

A tributary stream entering a river with a high natural levee may often flow parallel to main trunk in the floodplain before entering. The term yazoo-type river is used to describe this situation. (After the Yazoo River along the Mississippi River).


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A Yazoo River along the Mississippi River.
A Yazoo River along the Mississippi River.
Original from H.H. Einstein
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
A Yazoo River along the Mississippi River. 

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