8 BENEFITS OF THE TENNESSEE RIVER VALLEY AUTHORITY
By 1930 there was massive deforestation followed with poor farming methods in southern USA. This resulted in severe gulley erosion and the soils eroded from the slopes were deposited into river Tennessee and other rivers like Ohio and Cumberland. This swallowed the river for navigation and resulted in flooding. The floods damaged people`s crops and led to the loss of lives as far as the lower Mississippi. This isolated the area from other parts of the USA making it underdeveloped. In order to rehabilitate the area, the Tennessee valley authority was set up by then-president Roosevelt was to supervise and coordinate the projects that were set up in the area. Tennessee river valley is found in the U.S.A and is a tributary of the Ohio river, the government of the U.S.A organized the development of the valley with the general aim of solving the economic difficulties of the people. Benefits of Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA): There has been increase in the water supply for irrigation , do...