SSC
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
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Question
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In what city did the building of levees damage the natural landscape that once protected it from flooding?
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New York City
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New Orleans
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Chicago
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Atlanta
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The sites include the Southeast breach of the Industrial Canal, which flooded the Lower Ninth Ward, the East breach of the London Avenue Canal, which flooded Gentilly, and the 17th Street Canal breach, which flooded Lakeview.
Detailed explanation-2: -The French built levees to protect New Orleans as early as 1717. At the turn of the 19th century, a crude system of levees extended for 100 miles upriver of New Orleans, with individual landowners constructing and maintaining the levees.
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