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Figure 4.5
Floods in the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. Top right: Ohio River flooding at Evansville, Indiana on March 9,1997 (NASA photograph NM23-705-321). The feature on the left side is a Mir solar array. Top left: Flooding from the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers to Memphis, Tennessee on March 15, 1998 (NASA photograph NM23-712-438). The area inside the white box, which includes the city of Memphis, is given in detail below. Bottom left: Detailed view of the area inside the box (NASA photograph NM23-712-438). The extent of flooding around Memphis is obvious. Bottom right: FOr comparison, image showing the same area during normal river flow in September 1996 (NASA photograph STS079-812-086).

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