Jamestown Dam and Reservoir Unit Garrison Diversion Unit: Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program

摘要

The James River has one of the flattest slopes of any river in North America, at points only falling 1/2-foot over the length of a mile. Wide and meandering, the appearance can be very deceiving. Each spring, the calm stillness gives way to raging torrents that threaten farms and towns along its course. The control and use of this river of enormous contrasts is a key to life along its banks.