Mississippi River

	Mississippi River
	Mississippi River near Fire Pynt in Effigy Mounds Naitional Monument, Iowa
	Name oreegin: Ojibwe wird misi-ziibi, meanin "Great River", or gichi-ziibi, meanin "Big River"
Kintra	Unitit States
States	Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana
	Tributaries
- left	St. Croix River, Wisconsin River, Rock River, Illinois River, Kaskaskia River, Ohio River
- right	Minnesota River, Des Moines River, Missouri River, White River, Arkansas River, Reid River
Ceeties	Minneapolis, MN, St. Paul, MN, La Crosse, WI, Quad Ceeties, IA/IL, St. Louis, MO, Memphis, TN, Baton Rouge, LA, New Orleans, LA
Soorce	Loch Itasca
- location	Itasca State Pairk, Clearwater Coonty, MN
- elevation	1,475 ft (450 m)
- coordinates	47°14′23″N 95°12′27″W / 47.23972°N 95.20750°W
Mooth	Gulf o Mexico
- location	Pilottown, Plaquemines Parish, LA
- elevation	0 ft (0 m)
- coordinates	29°09′04″N 89°15′12″W / 29.15111°N 89.25333°WCoordinates: 29°09′04″N 89°15′12″W / 29.15111°N 89.25333°W
Lenth	2,320 mi (3,734 km)
Basin	1,151,000 sq mi (2,981,076 km2)
Discharge	for mooth; max an min at Baton Rouge, LA
- average	593,000 cu ft/s (16,792 m3/s)
- max	3,065,000 cu ft/s (86,791 m3/s)
- min	159,000 cu ft/s (4,502 m3/s)
	Detailed cairt o Mississippi River tributary structur

The Mississippi River is the chief river o the lairgest drainage seestem on the North American continent.^[3]^[4]

References[eedit | eedit soorce]

↑ The Unitit States Geological Survey recognises twa contrastin defineetions o a river's soorce.USGS.gov Bi the stricter defineetion, the Mississippi would share its soorce wi its langest tributary, the Missouri, at Brower's Spring in Montana. The ither defineetion acknowledges "somewhit arbitrary decisions" an places the Mississippi's soorce at Loch Itasca, which is publicly acceptit as the soorce,USGS.gov an which had been identified as such bi Brower himsel.MT.gov Archived 2012-01-18 at the Wayback Machine
↑ Kammerer, J.C. (Mey 1990). "Largest Rivers in the United States". U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 22 Februar 2011.
↑ United States Geological Survey Hydrological Unit Code: 08-09-01-00- Lower Mississippi-New Orleans Watershed
↑ "Lengths of the major rivers". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 14 Mairch 2009.

Mississippi River
Mississippi River near Fire Pynt in Effigy Mounds Naitional Monument, Iowa
Name oreegin: Ojibwe wird misi-ziibi, meanin "Great River", or gichi-ziibi, meanin "Big River"

Kintra	Unitit States
States	Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana

Tributaries
- left	St. Croix River, Wisconsin River, Rock River, Illinois River, Kaskaskia River, Ohio River
- right	Minnesota River, Des Moines River, Missouri River, White River, Arkansas River, Reid River
Ceeties	Minneapolis, MN, St. Paul, MN, La Crosse, WI, Quad Ceeties, IA/IL, St. Louis, MO, Memphis, TN, Baton Rouge, LA, New Orleans, LA


Soorce	Loch Itasca^[1]
- location	Itasca State Pairk, Clearwater Coonty, MN
- elevation	1,475 ft (450 m)
- coordinates	47°14′23″N 95°12′27″W / 47.23972°N 95.20750°W / 47.23972; -95.20750
Mooth	Gulf o Mexico
- location	Pilottown, Plaquemines Parish, LA
- elevation	0 ft (0 m)
- coordinates	29°09′04″N 89°15′12″W / 29.15111°N 89.25333°W / 29.15111; -89.25333Coordinates: 29°09′04″N 89°15′12″W / 29.15111°N 89.25333°W / 29.15111; -89.25333

Lenth	2,320 mi (3,734 km)
Basin	1,151,000 sq mi (2,981,076 km²)
Discharge	for mooth; max an min at Baton Rouge, LA
- average	593,000 cu ft/s (16,792 m³/s) ^[2]
- max	3,065,000 cu ft/s (86,791 m³/s)
- min	159,000 cu ft/s (4,502 m³/s)

Detailed cairt o Mississippi River tributary structur