WETMAAP Technique 4
Cocodrie Element 5
 

Technique 4:  Analysis
Element 5:  Channel Changes
 

 Materials:

            All overlays from Technique 2, Element 7

            ruler 

Exercise: 

  
         1. What differences are observed in the shorelines of Bayou Petite Caillou? 

            2. At three different locations Along Bayou Petite Caillou, measure the distance in feet of increase or decrease in width of Bayou Petite Caillou between 1980 and 1984. 


  
                 a.____________________ 

                    b.____________________ 

                    c.____________________ 

 
            3. What differences are observed in the Houma Navigation Channel? 

4. At three different locations along the Houma Navigation Channel, measure the distance in feet of increase or decrease in width of the Houma Navigation Channel between 1980 and 1984. 

                    a.____________________ 

                    b.____________________ 

                    c.____________________ 

 
5. Do your answers for Questions 1 through 4 confirm or disprove your answer to 3.c of Skill 3, Element 4? 

              _______________________________________________________